Perceived and observed quality of long-term care for residents - Does functional ability account?

International Journal of Older People Nursing
Anja KahanpääMarja-Leena Perälä

Abstract

Measuring quality in long-term residential care involves challenges concerning both the measurement method and the impaired functional ability of many older people. Ensuring quality in care is even more important for people with functional impairments, as this is a vulnerable group who may be unable to report poor quality of care for themselves. The aim of this study was to analyse how perceived and observed assessments of the quality of care varied according to the residents' functional ability. The data (n = 278) used in the analyses included residents', family members' and staff assessments of perceived and observed quality of care combined with the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) scales measuring the same residents' functional abilities (physical, psychological, cognitive and social). Observations were included in the data if all four assessment types (by residents, family members, staff and the RAI) were available. The dimensions of quality of care emerging from the factor analysis were used. Linear regression was used to explore the association between resident's functional abilities and assessed quality of care. Higher level of depression symptoms and higher level of dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) we...Continue Reading

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Jan 25, 2018·International Journal of Older People Nursing·Maria AnderssonMona Persenius

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