Quality-of-life Assessment
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Modules - Quality-of-life Assessment
ABOUT THIS TRAINING MODULE
This training module provides instruction on how to design and implement a quality-of-life assessment strategy that produces useful information for:
- identifying nursing home care processes that need improvement, and
- designing and evaluating quality improvement interventions.
It starts with a list of learning objectives. Following this, we briefly discuss reasons to improve quality assessment in your facility. Click here to read this overview.
The next two sections describe procedures for conducting quality assessment interviews with residents. Go to:
We’ve also included a resource bank of resident interview assessment forms that we have used and evaluated in our research. Please feel free to adopt or adapt the assessment questions on any of these forms for use in your quality improvement efforts.
To scroll from page to page, use the “next” button at the bottom of each page.
How long will it take to read through this “how to” module? About 15-20 minutes. Not enough time now for the task? Then print the module in full, or just the pages you select, so that you can browse through them at your leisure.
Click here to print the module.
Elsewhere in this module—-Links, FAQs, Related Studies—-we provide guidance and referrals to other resources that can help you assess quality of life among your residents. And via our Listserv or Discussion Board you can communicate with other healthcare providers about the topic.
CONTACT US
We’ve tried to be comprehensive, but if there is something you can’t find, or if you have unanswered questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
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