Consistent assignment of nursing staff to residents in nursing homes: A critical review of conceptual and methodological issues

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 434-447

  Roberts, Tonya ^a,b   Nolet, Kimberly ^b   Bowers, Barbara ^b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent assignment; Nursing homes; Nursing studies; Organizational and institutional issues

Indexed keywords

AGED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84942500210     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt101     Document Type: Review

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