Outcomes for family carers of a nurse-delivered hospital discharge intervention for older people (the Further Enabling Care at Home Program): Single blind randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-41

  Toye, Christine ^a,b   Parsons, Richard ^a   Slatyer, Susan ^a,b   Aoun, Samar M ^a   Moorin, Rachael ^a   Osseiran Moisson, Rebecca ^a   Hill, Keith D ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Community health care; Family caregivers; Hospitals; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84988689954     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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