Quality-of-life Assessment

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REFERENCES

Some of the articles cited below, plus a few others, are summarized on our Related Studies page.
  1. Geron SM. The quality of consumer-directed long-term care. (2000). Generations; 24(3): 66-73.
  2. Kane RA. (2003). Definition, measurement, and correlates of quality of life in nursing homes: Toward a reasonable practice, research, and policy agenda. The Gerontologist; 43, Special Issue II, 28-36.
  3. Kane RA, Kling KC,Bershadsky B, Kane RL, Giles K, Degenholtz HB, Liu J, and Cutler LJ. (2003). Quality of life measures for nursing home residents. J Gerontology: Medical Sciences; 58:M240-M248.
  4. Simmon SF, Schnelle JF. (1999). Strategies to measure nursing home residents' satisfaction and preferences related to incontinence and mobility care: Implications for evaluating intervention effects. The Gerontologist; 39(3):1-11.
  5. Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Uman GC, Kulvicki AD, Lee KO, and Ouslander JG. (1997). Selecting nursing home residents for satisfaction surveys. The Gerontologist; 37(4):543-550.
  6. Simmon SF, Schnelle JF. (2001). The identification of residents capable of accurately describing daily care: Implications for evaluating nursing home care quality. The Gerontologist; 41(5): 605-611.
  7. Levy-Storms L, Schnelle JF, Simmons SF. (2002). A comparison of methods to assess nursing home residents' unmet needs. The Gerontologist; 42(4):454-461.
  8. Cleary PD and McNeil BJ. (1988). Patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality care. Inquiry; 25: 25-36.
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