Invisible no more: A scoping review of the health care aide workforce literature

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hewko, Sarah J ^a   Cooper, Sarah L ^a   Huynh, Hanhmi ^a   Spiwek, Trish L ^a   Carleton, Heather L ^a   Reid, Shawna ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Health manpower; Health services accessibility; Home care services; Home health aides; Nurses' aides; Nursing homes; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937698731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0090-x     Document Type: Article

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