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Cruttenden, Kathleen E. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2006
This planning study was designed and conducted in a predominantly rural Canadian province to examine the strengths and learning needs of four categories of nursing staff practising in New Brunswick nursing homes. Participants included directors of care, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and resident attendants. The nursing homes ranged…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Ethnography, Nursing Homes, Nurses
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Morgan, Debra G.; Semchuk, Karen M.; Stewart, Norma J.; D'Arcy, Carl – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2003
The physical and social environments are recognized as important therapeutic tools in the care of nursing home residents with dementia, yet little is known about the environments of rural nursing homes. This study was conducted in one rural health authority (16,000 km[superscript 2]) in the province of Saskatchewan. Long-term institutional care…
Descriptors: Nurses, Dementia, Focus Groups, Caregivers
Davies, Susan – 1996
The principles of action research were used to identify the reasons for substandard patient care in two long-term care facilities in Quebec; then, a 20-hour inservice education course for nurse managers at the facilities was developed, presented, and evaluated. Fifteen nurse managers (1 director of nursing, 12 health care managers, and 2 nurse…
Descriptors: Action Research, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries