Research Catalog

Title

The Concept and measurement of quality of life in the frail elderly / edited by James E. Birren [and others].

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, ©1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Birren, James E.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Multicampus Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
• Jewish Homes for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles.
• Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research.

Description

xiv, 385 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

This work presents the first serious attempt to impose rigor on the definition and measurement of quality of life among the elderly. The book uses a conference to develop background, but goes well beyond the meeting in terms of depth of reviews of the literature and of integration among the chapters.

Subject

• Frail older people > Services for > United States > Congresses
• Quality of life > United States > Congresses
• Older people
• Frail older people
• Quality of life
• Frail older people > Institutional care > United States > Congresses
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Frail Elderly
• Quality of Life
• elderly
• quality of life
• Older people
• Frail older people > Institutional care
• Frail older people
• Frail older people > Services for
• Quality of life
• Alter
• Intellektueller
• Interview
• Lebensqualität
• Schwarze
• Älterer Mensch
• Kongress
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Bejaarden
• Kwaliteit van het bestaan
• United States
• USA
• Schwärze

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Based on a conference held Feb. 16-18, 1990 as a joint project of UCLA's Multicampus Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and the Jewish Homes for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles, sponsored by the Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• A multidimensional view of quality of life in frail elders / M. Powell Lawton -- Determinants of quality of life in institutions : perceptions of frail older residents, staff, and families / Jodi Cohn and Judith A. Sugar -- The measurement of quality of life in the frail elderly / Sharon B. Arnold -- A review of the literature on interventions and quality of life in the frail elderly / Kathleen M. Gentile -- Improving residential environments for frail elderly : bridging the gap between theory and application / Jon Pynoos and Victor Regnier -- Relocation of the frail elderly / Morton A. Lieberman -- Assistive devices, robotics, and quality of life in the frail elderly / Geoff Fernie -- The role of family and friends in quality of life / Neena L. Chappell -- Minority issues and quality of life in the frail elderly / E. Percil Stanford -- The influence of aging or frailty on perception and expressions of the self : theoretical and methodological issues / Robert C. Atchley -- Physical activity and quality of life in the frail elderly / Waneen W. Spirduso and Priscilla Gilliam-MacRae.
• Intellectual exercise and quality of life in the frail elderly / Torbjörn Svensson -- Resident decision making and quality of life in the frail elderly / Terrie Wetle -- Sense of control, quality of life, and frail older people / Ronald P. Abeles -- Personal autonomy for residents in long-term care : concepts and issues of measurement / Rosalie A. Kane -- Science of quality of life in elders : challenge and opportunity / Sidney Katz and Barry J. Gurland -- Concepts and content of quality of life in the later years : an overview / James E. Birren and Lisa Dieckmann.

ISBN

• 0121012751
• 9780121012755

LCCN

91013951

OCLC

• ocm23383810
• 23383810
• SCSB-1930065

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library