Care staff and family member perspectives on quality of life in people with very severe dementia in long-term care: A cross-sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Clare, Linda ^a   Quinn, Catherine ^a   Hoare, Zoe ^b   Whitaker, Rhiannon ^b   Woods, Robert T ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; QUALID; Staff attitudes; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT STAGING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOOD; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN LATE STAGE DEMENTIA SCALE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924762957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-014-0175-3     Document Type: Article

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