Family care experiences in nursing home facilities

Nursing Older People

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 26-31

  O'Shea, Frances ^a   Weathers, Elizabeth ^b   McCarthy, Geraldine ^b  

^a Farranlea Community Nursing Unit   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Family members; Family centred care; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84896855912     PISSN: 14720795     EISSN: 20478941     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nop2014.02.26.2.26.e543     Document Type: Article

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