JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 342-347 , June 2009

A Comparison of Video-Based Resident-Family Communication in a Nursing Home and a Congregate Living Facility

  • Brian K. Hensel, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • The Atlantic Philanthropies, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Brian K. Hensel, PhD, MSPH, 1600 16th Street NW, #209, Washington, DC 2009.
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  • Debra Parker-Oliver, PhD, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    • ,
  • George Demiris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Marilyn Rantz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

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 This work was supported in part by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training Grant T15-LM07089–16 and by the US Administration on Aging (Grant No. 90AM3013, Rantz PI).

PII: S1525-8610(09)00084-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.02.006

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 342-347 , June 2009

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