Comparing Nursing Home Assistive Personnel in Five Countries

Ageing International

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-78

  Laxer, Katherine ^a   Jacobsen, Frode F ^b   Lloyd, Liz ^c   Goldmann, Monika ^d   Day, Suzanne ^e   Choiniere, Jacqueline A ^e   Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt ^f  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive personnel; Care aides; Comparative; Human resources; Long term residential care; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959089159     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-015-9226-2     Document Type: Article

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