Quality of life in dementia: a systematically conducted narrative review of dementia-specific measurement scales

A Bowling, G Rowe, S Adams, P Sands… - Aging & mental …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Ascertaining the quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia is important for
evaluating service outcomes and cost-effectiveness. This paper identifies QoL measures for …

What do we know about quality of life in dementia? A review of the emerging evidence on the predictive and explanatory value of disease specific measures of health …

S Banerjee, K Samsi, CD Petrie, J Alvir… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Given its complexity, there is growing consensus on the need to measure patient‐
rated broad outcomes like health‐related quality of life (HRQL) as well as discrete functions …

Dementia prevalence and care in assisted living

S Zimmerman, PD Sloane, D Reed - Health Affairs, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
Assisted living residences have become prominent sites of long-term residential care for
older adults with dementia. Estimates derived from national data indicate that seven out of …

Factors that affect quality of life from the perspective of people with dementia: a metasynthesis

HM O'rourke, W Duggleby, KD Fraser… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To comprehensively and systematically identify, appraise, and synthesize
qualitative research findings on factors that affect quality of life from the perspective of …

[图书][B] Aging, society and the life course

LA Morgan, SR Kunkel - 2007 - books.google.com
As our aging population grows ever larger, it is increasingly important to understand how
adults age and what we can do to provide up-to-date care to ensure their well-being as an …

Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes

S Zimmerman, PD Sloane, CS Williams… - The …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: There are few empirical studies relating components of long-term care to quality of
life for residents with dementia. This study relates elements of dementia care in residential …

A randomized controlled trial exploring the effect of music on quality of life and depression in older people with dementia

M Cooke, W Moyle, D Shum… - Journal of health …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This randomized controlled trial investigated the effect of live music on quality of life and
depression in 47 older people with dementia using the Dementia Quality of Life and …

Factors influencing quality of life of elderly people with dementia and care implications: A systematic review

W Jing, R Willis, Z Feng - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Identifying factors associated with Quality of Life (QoL) of elderly people with
dementia could contribute to finding pathways to improve QoL for elderly people in …

Everyday activities for people with dementia in residential aged care: Associations with person‐centredness and quality of life

D Edvardsson, L Petersson, K Sjogren… - … journal of older …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Providing everyday activities is central to high quality residential aged care, but
further research is needed on the association between activity participation, person‐centred …

Exploring self-report and proxy-report quality-of-life measures for people living with dementia in care homes

AW Griffiths, SJ Smith, A Martin, D Meads… - Quality of Life …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose There are many validated quality-of-life (QoL) measures designed for people living
with dementia. However, the majority of these are completed via proxy-report, despite …