Qualifications of non-nursing residential care staff in the Republic of Ireland

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-161

  Power, Martin ^a   Lavelle, Mary Jo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Non nursing care staff; Professionalisation Ireland; Qualifications; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886944947     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717791111163587     Document Type: Article

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