JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 519-526 , October 2007

Internet Training for Nurse Aides to Prevent Resident Aggression

  • A. Blair Irvine, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to A. Blair Irvine, Oregon Center for Applied Science, 260 E. 11th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401.
    • ,
  • Michelle Bourgeois, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Florida State University, Department of Communication Disorders, Tallahassee, FL
    • ,
  • Molly Billow, BA

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR
    • ,
  • John R. Seeley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR.

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 None of the authors has a conflict of interest related to this research. This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging to Oregon Center for Applied Science (R43AG024675-01A1).

PII: S1525-8610(07)00254-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.05.002

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