The role of unregulated care providers in managing heart failure patients in long-term care facilities

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2017, Pages 849-861

  Heckman, George A ^a   Boscart, Veronique M ^b   D'Elia, Teresa ^c   Kaasalainen, Sharon ^d   McAiney, Carrie ^d,e   Kelley, Mary Lou ^f   Stolee, Paul ^g   Strachan, Patricia ^d   McKelvie, Robert S ^d  

^a Dept Kinesiology   (Canada)

^b School for Health and Life Sciences   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; healthcare assistants; heart disease; long term care; nursing homes; older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 85013917762     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13413     Document Type: Article

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