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Assessment to Intervention

Utilizing a Staff Needs Assessment to Improve Care for Behaviorally Challenging Residents in Long Term Care (Part I)

Erin L. Cassidy PhD The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; VA VISN 21 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Craig Rosen PhD The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; VA VISN 21 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Joan Cook PhD The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Treatment Research Center, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Mark A. Greenbaum MS, MA VA VISN 21 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Helen Chow BS VA VISN 21 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Nancy Solano PhD Kaiser Permanente, Department of Psychiatry, 39400 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538, USA
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Javaid I. Sheikh MD The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; VA VISN 21 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Pages 29-42 | Published online: 23 Sep 2008

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