Physiotherapists' perceived motivators and barriers for organizing physical activity for older long-term care facility residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 371-379

  Baert, Veerle ^a   Gorus, Ellen ^a,b   Guldemont, Nele ^a   De Coster, Sofie ^a   Bautmans, Ivan ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barrier; Elderly; Exercise; Facilitator; Long term care facility; Nursing home; Older adults; Physical activity; Physiotherapist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84928698845     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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