title: Evaluating consumer satisfaction in residential continuing care settings.
abstract: The outcome of the project reported on here is a client-centered consumer satisfaction questionnaire designed to evaluate new models of residential continuing care in Alberta, Canada. Satisfaction is defined as a multi-dimensional construct that is grounded in the consumer's experience. Consultation with the clients of the services during development of the instrument ensured that characteristics important to the clients were assessed. The result is an instrument with which to measure satisfaction that is fully client-centered and that, with appropriate modifications, can be used to monitor any client-centered program for cognitively-able continuing care clients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E7. lmoran@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Jacquie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eales
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fast
authors.forename: Norah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000416:Alberta; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D012112:Residential Facilities; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires