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| Assessing quality-of-life in older people in care homes | | Author(s) | Sue Hall, Diana Opio, Rachel H Dodd, Irene J Higginson |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 40, no 4, July 2011 |
| Pages | pp 507-512 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Care homes ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The study aimed to describe the Quality of Life (QoL) of older people living in care homes using the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life - Direct Weighting (SEIQoL-DW) and two 10-point rating scales, and to describe how people were using these measures. 20 residents living in three care homes across the United Kingdom took part. The most important QoL domains identified in the SEIQoL-DW were leisure activities; family; relationships; social life; independence and peace and contentment. Physical limitations and difficulty in understanding the instructions and concepts made completing it a challenge. The SEIQoL index was strongly correlated with a single 10-point rating of current QoL. The authors conclude that in order to fully understand residents' QoL, detailed interview-based instruments, administered by an experienced interviewer are needed. To measure current QoL, for example, as an outcome measure, a simple single rating scale may suffice. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110922007 A |
| Classmark | F:59: KW: 4C |
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