The influence of cognitive impairment, special care unit placement, and nursing facility characteristics on resident quality of life

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 574-588

  Abrahamson, Kathleen ^a   Lewis, Teresa ^b   Perkins, Anthony ^c   Clark, Daniel ^d   Nazir, Arif ^d   Arling, Greg ^c,d  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minnesota Department of Human Services   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment (CI); facility characteristics; nursing home (NH); quality of life (QOL)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (CI); DEMENTIA; FACILITY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME (NH); ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (CI); FACILITY CHARACTERISTICS; NURSING HOME (NH); QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL);

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84879197262     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313480240     Document Type: Article

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