Time spent on daytime direct care activities by personal carers in two Australian residential aged care facilities: A time-motion study

Australian Health Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-237

  Qian, Siyu ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Hailey, David M ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Davy, Pamela J ^a   Nelson, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Long term care; Nursing home; Observation; Personal care.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84901008193     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH13161     Document Type: Article

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