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Goodson, Justin; Jang, Wooseung; Rantz, Marilyn – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this research is twofold. The first purpose is to utilize a new methodology (Bayesian networks) for aggregating various quality indicators to measure the overall quality of care in nursing homes. The second is to provide new insight into the relationships that exist among various measures of quality and how such measures…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods
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Naik, Aanand D.; Burnett, Jason; Pickens-Pace, Sabrina; Dyer, Carmel B. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: We sought to characterize self-neglect definitively as a geriatric syndrome by identifying an association with functional impairment. Design and Methods: We performed a cross-sectional home evaluation of 100 community-living older adults referred by Adult Protective Services for geriatric self-neglect and 100 matched adults from a…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Performance Tests, Older Adults, Geriatrics
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Phillips, Charles D.; Chen, Min; Sherman, Michael – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: This research investigates what factors affect the degree to which nursing home performance explains variance in residents' change in status of activities of daily living (ADL) after admission. Design and Methods: The database included all residents admitted in 2002 to a 10% random sample of nursing homes in the United States.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Homogeneous Grouping, Nursing Homes, Heterogeneous Grouping