Family involvement in decision making for people with dementia in residential aged care: A systematic review of quantitative literature

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 64-86

  Petriwskyj, Andrea ^a   Gibson, Alexandra ^a   Parker, Deborah ^a   Banks, Susan ^b   Andrews, Sharon ^b   Robinson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dementia; Family; Quantitative; Residential aged care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROXY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROXY;

EID: 84925545783     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000003     Document Type: Article

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