Background The quality of life of elderly people has become relevant with the demographic
shift that has resulted in greying of population. There are indications that concepts and …

Schwartz CE, Andresen EM, Nosek MA, Krahn GL, and the RRTC Expert Panel on Health
Status Management. Response shift theory: important implications for measuring quality of …

Cross-culturele psychologie is de studie van de relaties tussen menselijk gedrag en de
culturele context. In dit handboek komen alle vormen van gedrag aan bod, de belangrijkste …

Změny v oblasti kreativity 3.2 Obtíže stárnoucích lidí vyrovnat se s projevy stárnutí Šok z
uzavírajících se dveří Přijmout, nebo nepřijmout?. Kvalita života stárnoucího člověka 3.3 …

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Bowling Page 2 MEASURING HEALTH Third Edition Page 3 Page 4 MEASURING HEALTH …

This reprinted article originally appeared in (Social Science & Medicine, 1999, 48, 1531–
1548). The authors working definition of response shift refers to a change in the meaning of …

OBJECTIVE: The increasing proportion of older adults in the general population and the
specific characteristics of this age group show the need for the development of specific …

What is quality of life? What is quality of life in older age? How can quality of life in older age
be improved? This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical …

Background The majority of published research in quality of life (QOL), subjective well-being
(SWB), and religiosity has been carried out on Western populations. The objective of this …

This paper examines key challenges and strategies for including older people with dementia
in an ethnographic study of quality of life in institutional care settings. The methods of …