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The quality of life of seniors living in the community
— a conceptualization with implications for public health practice | | Author(s) | Dennis Raphael, Ivan Brown, Rebecca Renwick |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol 86, no 4, July-August 1995 |
| Pages | pp 228-231 |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Evaluation ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Maintaining and improving the quality of life (QOL) of older people living in the community is an increasingly important goal of public health planning and programming. This article reports on a partnership of Canadian public health workers and university researchers, working closely with older people living in the community, to develop a Quality of Life Profile: Seniors Version (QOLPSV). Administration of the QOLPSV to a wide range of older people (n=205) in North York, Ontario participating in community-based healthful living programmes provided evidence of the instrument's psychometric integrity. Results indicated particular areas of need, suggesting shifts in emphasis in programme delivery. Additional public health applications of a quality of life perspective are outlined. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970930216 A |
| Classmark | F:59: 4C: K4: CC: LK2: 7S * |
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