Dementia Tops Training Needs of Nursing Home Social Services Directors; Discharge Responsibilities Are Common Core Functions of the Department

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2021, Pages 758-774

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a   Cordes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Maple Manor Village   (United States)

Author keywords

Social work; nursing facilities; long term care; role

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL WORK;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 85105196901     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2021.1920538     Document Type: Article

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