"I Get Along With Most of Them": Direct Care Workers' Relationships With Residents' Families in Assisted Living
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"I get along with most of them": direct care workers' relationships with residents' families in assisted living.
PURPOSE The purpose of this article was to explore staff-family relationships in assisted living facilities (ALFs) as they are experienced by care staff and perceived by administrators. We identify factors that influence relationships and explore how interactions with residents' families affect care staff's caregiving experiences. DESIGN AND METHODS The data are drawn from a statewide study i...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp025