Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: A qualitative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2707-2716

  Clissett, Philip ^a   Porock, Davina ^b   Harwood, Rowan H ^c   Gladman, John R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute care; Dementia; Family care; Gerontology; Nursing; Qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE CARE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY CARE; GERONTOLOGY; NURSING; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES;

CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84887815492     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12159     Document Type: Article

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