Strain in nursing care of people with dementia: Nurses’ experience in Australia, Sweden and United Kingdom
Aging & Mental HealthPublished 1 March 2008
Anna‐Karin Edberg, Mike Bird, David Richards, Bob Woods, Philip Keeley, Vivienne Davis-Quarrell
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The nurses’ experience could be understood as a desire to do the best for the people in their care by trying to alleviate their suffering and enhance their quality of life, when they did not have the resources, opportunity or ability to do this.
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The nurses' experience could be understood as a desire to do the best for the people in their care by trying to alleviate their suffering and enhance their quality of life. When they did not have the resources, opportunity or ability to do this, it caused strain.
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