'I hate having nobody here. I'd like to know where they all are': Can qualitative research detect differences in quality of life among nursing home residents with different levels of cognitive impairment?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-572

  Cahill, Suzanne ^a   Diaz Ponce, Ana M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; nursing home residents; qualitative research; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959431216     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.551342     Document Type: Article

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