Residents' self-reported quality of life in long-term care facilities in Canada.
Quality of life (QoL) of long-term care (LTC) facility residents is an important outcome of care. This cross-sectional, descriptive study examined the self-reported QoL of LTC facility residents in Canada using the interRAI Self-Report Nursing Home Quality of Life Survey instrument. A secondary purpose was to test the instrument's psychometric properties. Psychometric testing of the instrument supported its reliability and its convergent and content validity for assessing the residents' QoL. Findings showed that residents rated positively several aspects of their life, such as having privacy during visits (76.9%) and staff's being honest with them (73.6%). Residents gave lower ratings to other aspects such as autonomy, staff-resident bonding, and personal relationships. The findings point to gaps between facility philosophies of care and their translation into a care environment where care is truly resident-directed. Moreover, the findings have potential implications for resident care planning, facility programming, social policy development, and future research.
School of Public Health & Health Systems,University of Waterloo.
Vahe
V
Kehyayan
School of Public Health & Health Systems,University of Waterloo.
John P
JP
Hirdes
School of Public Health & Health Systems,University of Waterloo.
Suzanne L
SL
Tyas
School of Public Health & Health Systems,University of Waterloo.
Paul
P
Stolee
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D018907:Privacy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035502:Trust
mesure de la qualité de vie