Equipping staff to support people with an intellectual disability and dementia in care home settings

Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-400

  Wilkinson, Heather ^a   Kerr, Diana ^a   Cunningham, Colm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care home; organizational support; practice; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993781879     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301205055029     Document Type: Article

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