The association between changes in health status and nursing home resident quality of life

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-592

  Degenholtz, Howard B ^a,b   Rosen, Jules ^c   Castle, Nicholas ^b   Mittal, Vikas ^d   Liu, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Nursing homes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SECURITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 57149100962     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.5.584     Document Type: Article

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