The relationship between small-scale nursing home care for people with dementia and staff's perceived job characteristics

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 805-816

  Willemse, B M ^a,b   Depla, M F I A ^c   Smit, D ^a,b   Pot, A M ^a,b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

autonomy; care model; job design; long term care; nursing home care; psychosocial work environment; workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COWORKER; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; RESIDENT; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84897577916     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214000015     Document Type: Article

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