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Dementia Care Mapping as a research tool for measuring quality of life in care settings — psychometric properties
Author(s)	Jane Fossey, Lesley Lee, Clive Ballard
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 11, November 2002
Pages	pp 1064-1070
Keywords	Dementia ; Management [care] ; Measurement ; Quality of life ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Evaluation.
Annotation	There is a paucity of valid measures focusing on quality of life for people with dementia in care homes. The current study evaluated the internal consistency of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) in a group of 123 people with dementia residing in care facilities, and further evaluated the test retest reliability and concurrent validity of key DCM constructs in an additional group of 54 residents. Well-ill being score was significantly correlated with an informant rated quality of life measure, and showed good test-retest reliability. An abbreviated assessment period focusing on the hour before lunch showed significant correlation with the total assessment period. The study indicates DCM as a valid tool for the longitudinal evaluation of quality of life in people with dementia in care settings, and that some abbreviation of the method may enable it to be used more widely. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021216234 A
Classmark	EA: QA: 3R: F:59: KW: LHB: 4C
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