Rating the importance of nursing home residents' quality of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2076-2082

  Kane, Robert L ^a   Rockwood, Todd ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^b   Desjardins, Karen ^c   Brassard, Andrea ^d   Gessert, Charles ^e   Kane, Rosalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Duluth Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnitude estimation; Preferences; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FLORIDA; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; NEW JERSEY; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 29344456406     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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