Alone in Eden: Care Aides’ Perceptions of Consistent Assignments

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 394-410

  Andersen, Elizabeth ^a   Spiers, Jude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

care aides; consistent assignment; Eden Alternative ; focused ethnography; model of service delivery; nursing home

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; HUMANS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84922166996     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945914521903     Document Type: Article

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