Journal article
A Capabilities Approach to Environmental Impact on Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life
Research in gerontological nursing, Vol.10(4), pp.162-170
07/01/2017
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20170621-03
PMID: 28742925
Abstract
Nursing homes are the major provider of intermediate and long-term care outside of the hospital setting to individuals whose capacity for self-care is limited due to physical or cognitive impairments. Yet, despite their need for assistance, residents of nursing homes want to control their lives, set their routines, and do enjoyable things. The extent to which residents can maintain autonomy and dignity is important. The current study suggests an environmental gerontological framework, rooted in a capabilities approach, that can be used to consider environmental impact on quality of life in nursing homes. Using a cross-sectional survey of nursing home residents in Texas, environmental factors that might predict residents' quality of life as well as possible interactions of environmental factors and residents' characteristics that might predict well-being were examined. Environmental orientation and perception of social activities were important predictors of residents' quality of life, but geographic location and facility size were not important predictors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Capabilities Approach to Environmental Impact on Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life
- Creators
- Whitney Thurman - Univ Texas Austin, 1710 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701 USATracie C. Harrison - Univ Texas Austin, Sch Nursing, Nursing, 1710 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701 USAShelley A. Blozis - Univ Calif Davis, Dept Psychol, Psychol, Davis, CA 95616 USAMichelle Dionne-Vahalik - Texas Hlth & Human Serv Commiss, Medicaid Chip Div, Qual Monitoring Program & Initiat, Austin, TX USASharilyn Mead
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in gerontological nursing, Vol.10(4), pp.162-170
- Publisher
- Slack Inc
- DOI
- 10.3928/19404921-20170621-03
- PMID
- 28742925
- ISSN
- 1940-4921
- eISSN
- 1938-2464
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Texas Legislature Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) UTA16-000895 / Quality Monitoring Program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984696561802771
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