The Association Between Quality of Care and Quality of Life in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents With Preserved Cognition

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 220-225

  Kim, Sun Jung ^a   Park, Eun cheol ^a   Kim, Sulgi ^b   Nakagawa, Shunichi ^c   Lung, John ^d   Choi, Jong Bum ^a   Ryu, Woo Sang ^e   Min, Too Jae ^e   Shin, Hyun Phil ^f   Kim, Kyudam ^g   Yoo, Ji Won ^d,h  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living; Cognition; Nursing home; Quality of health care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING; COGNITION; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COGNITION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84893705339     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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