Resident challenges with daily life in Chinese long-term care facilities: A qualitative pilot study

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 18-23

  Song, Yuting ^a   Scales, Kezia ^a,b   Anderson, Ruth A ^c   Wu, Bei ^d   Corazzini, Kirsten N ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Adaptive leadership; China; Long term care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STAFF; AGED; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85020505370     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.05.001     Document Type: Article

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