A measure of person-centered practices in assisted living: The PC-PAL

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-137

  Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a   Allen, Josh ^b   Cohen, Lauren W ^a   Pinkowitz, Jackie ^b   Reed, David ^a   Coffey, Walter O ^c   Reed, Peter ^d   Lepore, Michael ^e   Sloane, Philip D ^a,f   Clairmont, Jayne ^f   Demeter, Lisa ^f   Detrick, Bob ^f   Frazier, Susan ^f   Giorgio, Patricia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Center for Excellence in Assisted Living   (United States)

^c Technology Lead   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; HCBS; Measurement; Person centered; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ATMOSPHERE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSON CENTERED PRACTICES IN ASSISTED LIVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921651307     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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