Functional Contentment Model: Optimizing Quality of Life for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
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Physical Performance and Quality of Life of Nursing-Home Residents with Mild and Moderate Dementia
INTRODUCTION The aims of this study were to describe the quality of life (QoL) of nursing-home residents with dementia and their balance, mobility, muscle strength and daily life activity, as well as to examine the associations between QoL and levels of balance, mobility, muscle strength and daily life activity. METHODS The study is cross sectional, and 170 nursing-home residents with dementi...
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OBJECTIVES To assess how various stakeholders involved with nursing home care rate the importance of various quality-of-life (QoL) items for hypothetical residents with varying types of impairment. DESIGN A community-based exploratory description of a convenience sample. SETTING Eleven nursing homes in Florida, New Jersey, and Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS Samples of registered and licensed nur...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2158-284X,2158-2882
DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2019.109037