Longitudinal Changes in Nursing Home Resident–Reported Quality of Life: The Role of Facility Characteristics

Research on Aging

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 555-580

  Shippee, Tetyana P ^a   Hong, Hwanhee ^a   Henning Smith, Carrie ^a   Kane, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care; longitudinal analysis; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84936761513     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027514545975     Document Type: Article

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