A review of the research literature reveals that there is extensive interest in the meaning of
quality of life of elderly people, particularly those in residential facilities. Determining how …

Purpose To test whether ill-health is associated with a decrease in quality of life (QoL) over
time and if positive social circumstances are beneficial to QoL, using the shorter form CASP …

Purpose To identify the salient quality of life characteristics relevant to older people in
receipt of community aged care services in order to develop dimensions for a draft …

Quality of life is a critically important outcome measure in aged care. However, few studies
have provided a detailed examination of what quality of life means to older adults living in …

Quality of life is the subject of much research. However it lacks an agreed theoretical basis.
In studies with older populations (ill) health has been used as a proxy measure for quality of …

Quality of life (QoL) is a key outcome variable in determining the success of health and
social policy. Often, QoL is assessed in a context where health or well-being are …

Purpose In order to cope with the challenges that are the result of an aging population,
policies and services promote keeping elders in the community and letting them age in …

This paper presents findings from a national survey of quality of life (QoL) in older age. The
main aim of the analyses was to examine the definitions of quality of life given by people …

Abstract The World Health Organization has developed a brief generic questionnaire to
assess quality of life, the WHOQOL-BREF. It has been studied in diverse groups, but not …

The objective of the study was to investigate quality of life in very old age by analyzing what
proportion of older people had cumulative difficulties across several domains of quality of …