Supporting Family Involvement in Long-Term Residential Care: Promising Practices for Relational Care

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 60-72

  Barken, Rachel ^a   Lowndes, Ruth ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada and Europe; culture of health care; ethnography; long term health care; older people (aging); quality of care (caregivers, caretaking)

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROCEDURES; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 85036589983     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732317730568     Document Type: Article

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