The role of unregulated care providers in Canada—A scoping review

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Afzal, Arsalan ^a   Stolee, Paul ^a   Heckman, George A ^b   Boscart, Veronique M ^b,c   Sanyal, Chiranjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Dept Kinesiology   (Canada)

^c School for Health and Life Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; healthcare aides; home and community care; long term care; personal support workers; scoping review

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CINAHL; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SCOPUS; WORKER; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROLE PLAYING;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATION; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; NURSING ASSISTANTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROLE;

EID: 85044382418     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opn.12190     Document Type: Article

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