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Direct linkKontos, Pia C.; Miller, Karen-Lee; Mitchell, Gail J. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI/MDS) is an interdisciplinary standardized process that informs care plan development in nursing homes. This standardized process has failed to consistently result in individualized care planning, which may suggest problems with content and planning integrity. We examined the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Familiarity, Cooperation, Integrity
Peer reviewedGuberman, Nancy; And Others – Gerontologist, 1992
Conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 40 francophone Quebecois family caregivers of frail elderly or mentally ill relatives and focused on caregiving relationship rather than on specificities of aging and mental illness. Fourteen factors emerged from analysis of informants' accounts of how they came to be primary caregiver. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Family Caregivers, Family Relationship, Females
Peer reviewedMolloy, David William; Russo, Rosalie; Pedlar, David; Bedard, Michel – Gerontologist, 2000
Examines feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a directive education program called "Let Me Decide" to veterans living in Ontario. Discusses two methods used to evaluate implementation of the program. Reports that 97% of the veterans found the education process beneficial whether or not they completed the directives. (Author/JDM)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Competence, Decision Making, Educational Gerontology
Peer reviewedBeland, Francois – Gerontologist, 1984
Interviewed 990 urban elderly Canadians to examine factors influencing the desire for different housing. Results showed that housing conditions, living with children, and sickness influenced the wishes of the elderly to leave home, while functional impairment was not related. (JAC)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Foreign Countries, Gerontology
