Exploring support needed by home health aides in choosing bathing equipment: New challenges for occupational therapy collaboration

Work

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-271

  Guay, Manon ^a,b   Levasseur, Mélanie ^a,b   Turgeon Londeï, Sophie ^b   Dubois, Marie France ^a,b   Desrosiers, Johanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

assistive devices; bath; decision making; professional assistant; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BATH; COOPERATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION-MAKING; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT; SELF HELP; SKILL MIX;

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BATH; DECISION-MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT; SKILL MIX;

BATHS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 84892728280     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-121527     Document Type: Article

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