Quality of life and quality of care for people with dementia receiving long term institutional care or professional home care: the European RightTimePlaceCare study

• Published in: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 54
• Main Authors: Beerens, Hanneke C, Sutcliffe, Caroline, Renom-Guiteras, Anna, Soto, Maria E, Suhonen, Riitta, Zabalegui, Adela, Bökberg, Christina, Saks, Kai, Hamers, Jan P H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data; Aged, 80 and over; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dementia - epidemiology; Depression - epidemiology; Drug Utilization; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Home Care Services; Humans; Male; Pain - epidemiology; Pressure Ulcer - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Proxy; Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use; Quality of Health Care; Quality of Life; Residential Facilities; Restraint, Physical - statistics & numerical data; Self Report; Surveys and Questionnaires; Weight Loss; Europe; international comparisons; quality of life; quality of care; Dementia

To explore how quality of life (QoL) and quality of care (QoC) for people with dementia (PwD) vary across 8 European countries; to explore how QoL and QoC for PwD vary across living arrangements; and to assess the association between QoL and QoC. Cross-sectional survey. Institutional long term care...