Attitudes of in-Home Care Aides toward Elderly Persons: Refinement of the Oberleder Attitude Scale
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 69 (3_suppl) , 1103-1106
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1989.69.3f.1103
Abstract
The Oberleder Attitude Scale was reduced from 25 to 16 items and was factored into three major concepts, potential, limitations, and stereotypes. Responses of 345 in-home care aides indicated that the 345 aides held positive attitudes toward their elderly patients.Keywords
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