Identifying resident care areas for a quality improvement intervention in long-term care: a collaborative approach

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Canada, healthcare aides (also referred to as nurse aides, personal support workers, nursing assistants) are unregulated personnel who provide 70-80% of direct care to residents living in nursing homes. Although they are an integr...

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Main Authors: Cranley Lisa A, Norton Peter G, Cummings Greta G, Barnard Debbie, Batra-Garga Neha, Estabrooks Carole A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/12/59