title: Response comparability of family and staff proxies for nursing home residents.
abstract: Response comparability on a wide variety of factual and judgmental information regarding nursing home residents was assessed for two proxy groups: family and staff. Family proxies had the most information. Family and staff proxies are not interchangeable. A general lack of response comparability suggests that proxies for nursing home residents should be selected in relation to the type of data needed and the time period of interest.
authors.affiliation: New England Research Institute, Watertown, MA 02172.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tennstedt
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: McKinlay
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009740:Nursing Staff; D012945:Social Values; D012947:Social Work