Care-Related Quality of Life in Old Age Concepts, Models and Empirical Findings /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vaarama, Marja (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pieper, Richard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sixsmith, Andrew (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Health administration.; Geriatrics.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Quality of Life Research.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Health Administration.

It’s a core issue at the heart of elder care: while best-practice data exist for long-term care, quality of life as a concept, measure and standard for care outcomes remains elusive. The result of an ambitious European research initiative, the Care Keys Project addresses quality of life issues among...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Research Framework
• The General Framework and Methods of the Care Keys Research
• Instrumentation of the Care Keys Research
• Care Keys Data and Statistical Methods
• Theoretical Results
• The Concept of Care-Related Quality of Life
• The Concept of Quality of Long-Term Care
• Quality Management in Long-Term Care
• Empirical Results
• Subjective Quality of Life of Care-Dependent Older People in Five European Union Countries
• Quality of Life of Older Homecare Clients
• Quality of Life in Institutional Care
• Quality of Life and Dementia
• The Target Efficiency of Care—Models and Analyses
• Quality Management and the Care Keys Quality Matrix
• The Care Keys Toolkit
• Summary
• Care-Related Quality of Life: An Overview.