Nurse assistants' experience of an intervention focused on a palliative care approach for older people in residential care

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-150

  Beck, Ingela ^a   Törnquist, Agneta ^a,b   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intervention; Nurse assistants; Older people; Qualitative study; Residential care; Support

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84901405235     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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