Creating a Quality of Life Assessment Measure for Residents in Long Term Care

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-447

  Iris, Madelyn ^a   DeBacker, Noel A ^b   Benner, Ronald ^c   Hammerman, Jo ^c   Ridings, John ^d  

^a Leonard Schanfield Research Institute   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CJE SeniorLife   (United States)

^d Metropolitan Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Long term care; Patient centered care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84861709253     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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