title: The Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale: direct assessment of people with cognitive impairment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A need exists, consistent with a person-centred approach to dementia care, to facilitate collaborative approaches to the assessment of quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine the concept of quality of life, to make the case for its centrality in dementia care provision and to consider the validity and reliability of one tool (Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale, QOL-AD).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of the QOL-AD aligns with person-centred principles incorporating the subjective viewpoint of the person with dementia, thereby promoting a collaborative and inclusive approach to the measurement of the concept of quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Utilization of QOL-AD in clinical practice facilitates a user-centred and collaborative approach to the assessment of quality of life. This approach is in keeping with contemporaneous forces in health and social care delivery for people with dementia.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hope
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D008603:Mental Health; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*