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Quality of life in dementia in perspective
— an explorative study of variations in opinions among people with dementia and their professional caregivers, and in literature | | Author(s) | Rose-Marie Dröes, Ellen C C Boelens-Van Der Knoop, Joke Bos |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 5, no 4, November 2006 |
| Pages | pp 533-558 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Quality of life ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Literature reviews ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Many different definitions of the concept of quality of life (QoL) are found in the literature. This raises the question as to which domains are viewed as really important by people with dementia and which are possibly based on views of others. such as formal or informal carers, or theoretical models. An explorative study was carried out among people with dementia living in the community and in nursing homes. Their opinions were compared to those of professional carers and to the current theoretical models and instruments for QoL in dementia. Data were gathered by means of interviews, focus groups and literature study. Most QoL domains mentioned as important by those with dementia were also acknowledged by the carers and in the literature. A few, however, were not mentioned by the carers (i.e. "sense of aesthetics in living environment", "financial situation", "being of use", or "giving meaning to life") and not selected in the measuring instruments ("security and privacy", and "self-determination and freedom"). This indicates differences in perspectives on quality of life between people with dementia, their carers and theoretical models. Further research is recommended on this point. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061213616 A |
| Classmark | EA: F:59: P6: DP: 64A: 76H |
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