Assessing quality-of-life in older people in care homes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-512

  Hall, Sue ^a   Opio, Diana ^b   Dodd, Rachael H ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Elderly; Qualitative; Quality of life; SEIQol DW

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LEISURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL LIFE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959544205     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr027     Document Type: Article

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