Strategies to measure nursing home residents' satisfaction and preferences related to incontinence and mobility care: Implications for evaluating intervention effects

Gerontologist

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-355

  Simmons, Sandra F ^a   Schnelle, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of care; Quality of life; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0033043814     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/39.3.345     Document Type: Article

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