How to measure quality of life in shared-housing arrangements? A comparison of dementia-specific instruments

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 549-559

  Gräske, Johannes ^a,b   Verbeek, Hilde ^c   Gellert, Paul ^d,e   Fischer, Thomas ^f   Kuhlmey, Adelheid ^a   Wolf Ostermann, Karin ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Evangelische Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit Dresden FH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Instruments; Quality of life; Shared housing arrangements; Small scale living facilities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BERLIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84900364536     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0504-8     Document Type: Article

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