Quality of life and quality of care for people with dementia receiving long term institutional care or professional home care: The European righttimeplacecare study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-61

  Beerens, Hanneke C ^a   Sutcliffe, Caroline ^b   Renom Guiteras, Anna ^c   Soto, Maria E ^d   Suhonen, Riitta ^e   Zabalegui, Adela ^f   Bökberg, Christina ^g   Saks, Kai ^h   Hamers, Jan P H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Dementia; International comparisons; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

DEMENTIA; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; QUALITY OF CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84890787241     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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