Purpose Quality of life has been defined in various ways by nursing home stakeholders over
the years. As such, analyzing the levels of agreement or disagreement among these …

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 …

Quality of life (QOL) is a priority health issue of the 1990s. This study explored and described
older nursing home residents' subjectively perceived QOL. Via interviews, 60 residents aged …

Longitudinal quality-of-life (QOL) research incorporating multiple perspectives can add to
knowledge about how nursing home residents experience QOL, but these methods are …

Background: The culture change from task-centered care to person-and relationship-
centered care has resulted in the resident's voice gaining importance when assessing …

Purpose The growing importance of residential nursing care has been accompanied by an
increasing demand for instruments measuring quality of life in nursing homes. Quality of life …

Person-centred care requires improved documentation of nursing home resident wellbeing,
eg by nursing staff proxy assessments. Previous studies mainly focused on proxy self-report …

Improving quality of nursing homes (NHs) is a major social priority, yet few studies examine
the role of facility characteristics for residents' quality of life (QOL). This study goes beyond …

Purpose: This article identifies challenges in defining, measuring, and studying quality of life
of nursing home residents. Design and Method: A theoretical analysis was conducted based …

Abstract Background and Objectives Resident satisfaction is an integral part of nursing
home (NH) quality of care. However, there is no uniform categorization framework to classify …