Nursing home resident quality of life: Testing for measurement equivalence across resident, family, and staff perspectives

J Godin, J Keefe, EK Kelloway, JP Hirdes - Quality of Life Research, 2015 - Springer
Purpose This study explores the factor structure of the interRAI self-report nursing home
quality of life survey and develops a measure that will allow researchers to compare …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with self and informant ratings of the quality of life of people with dementia living in care facilities: a cross sectional study

C Beer, L Flicker, B Horner, N Bretland, S Scherer… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background There is no consensus regarding the optimal approach to assessment of the
quality of life of people with dementia. We undertook the present study to describe and …

Rating the importance of nursing home residents' quality of life

RL Kane, T Rockwood, K Hyer… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To assess how various stakeholders involved with nursing home care rate the
importance of various quality‐of‐life (QoL) items for hypothetical residents with varying types …

Predictors of long-term care facility residents' self-reported quality of life with individual and facility characteristics in Canada

V Kehyayan, JP Hirdes, SL Tyas… - Journal of aging and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Identify predictors of long-term care (LTC) facility residents' self-reported quality of
life (QoL). Method: QoL of a convenience sample of 928 residents from 48 volunteer LTC …

Quality of life scores for nursing home residents are stable over time: evidence from Minnesota

W Ng, JR Bowblis, Y Duan, O Akosionu… - Journal of aging & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Quality of life (QoL) is important to nursing home (NH) residents, yet QoL is only publicly
reported in a few states, in part because of concerns regarding measure stability. This study …

[HTML][HTML] The use of the EQ-5D as a measure of health-related quality of life in people with dementia and their carers

V Orgeta, RT Edwards, B Hounsome, M Orrell… - Quality of Life …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To assess the acceptability, validity and inter-rater agreement of self-and family
carer proxy ratings of the EQ-5D as a generic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) …

Systematic review of 29 self-report instruments for assessing quality of life in older adults receiving aged care services

J Siette, GT Knaggs, Y Zurynski, J Ratcliffe, L Dodds… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Quality of life (QoL) outcomes are used to monitor quality of care for older adults
accessing aged care services, yet it remains unclear which QoL instruments best meet older …

[HTML][HTML] Care home residents' quality of life and its association with CQC ratings and workforce issues: the MiCareHQ mixed-methods study

AM Towers, N Smith, S Allan, F Vadean, G Collins… - 2021 - europepmc.org
Background Care home staff have a critical bearing on quality. The staff employed, the
training they receive and how well they identify and manage residents' needs are likely to …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the relative contribution of social and clinical factors to the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 measure of health-related quality of life in older …

CJ Maxwell, J Kang, JD Walker, JX Zhang… - Health and Quality of …, 2009 - Springer
Background The heterogeneity evident among home care clients highlights the need for
greater understanding of the clinical and social determinants of multi-dimensional health …

[HTML][HTML] Counting what counts: assessing quality of life and its social determinants among nursing home residents with dementia

M Hoben, E Dymchuk, MB Doupe, J Keefe, K Aubrecht… - BMC geriatrics, 2024 - Springer
Background Maximizing quality of life (QoL) is a major goal of care for people with dementia
in nursing homes (NHs). Social determinants are critical for residents' QoL. However, similar …