Patients' Perceptions of Nursing Home Stress Related to Quality of Care.

Stein, Shayna; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ343445

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Patients' Perceptions of Nursing Home Stress Related to Quality of Care.

Stein, Shayna; And Others

Gerontologist, v26 n4 p424-30 Aug 1986

Examined whether newly admitted nursing home patients' anticipated stresses of institutional care would relate to their experiences of stress one and three months later, and whether patients' experiences of stress would correspond to independent judgments of the quality of the nursing homes. Patients experienced the kinds of stresses they anticipated. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Expectation, Institutional Environment, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Patients, Stress Management, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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