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Stability and change in attitudes toward nursing homes — results from an admission cohort of nursing home residents
Author(s)	Donna J Rabiner, Martha Grove Hipskind
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 17, no 4, 1997
Pages	pp 59-79
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study was designed to determine the stability of patient attitudes toward nursing homes, to examine predictors of patient attitudes, and to assess the extent to which the relationship between background characteristics and patient attitudes change over time. Three sets of in-person interviews were conducted with a cohort of patients recently admitted to 13 nursing home in North Carolina, US. Results indicated that patient assessments of the nursing home experience changed over time, and that the magnitude of the correlation between attitudinal constructs declined as more time elapsed. Self-reported pain/discomfort and baseline Medicaid status affected patient attitudes toward, and satisfaction with, nursing home care over time. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980728003 A
Classmark	KX: LHB:QKH: DP: 3J: 7T
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