Objectives
About This Training Module
This training module provides instructions on how to design and implement a quality-of-life assessment strategy that produces useful information for:
It starts with a list of learning objectives. Following this, we briefly discuss reasons to improve quality-of-life assessment in your facility. Click here to read this overview.
The next two sections describe procedures for conducting quality-of-life assessment interviews with residents.
Training Module Objectives
At the end of this training module, you will be able to:
We’ve also included a resource bank of assessment questions that we have used and evaluated in our research. Please feel free to adopt or adapt these ready-made questions for use in your resident-centered care planning and quality improvement efforts.
Click here to view our list of questions.
Click here to print the module.
Elsewhere in this module— Links, FAQs, Related Studies—we provide guidance and referrals to other resources that can help you assess quality-of-life among your residents.
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We’ve tried to be comprehensive, but if there is something you can’t find, or if you have unanswered questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
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This training module provides instructions on how to design and implement a quality-of-life assessment strategy that produces useful information for:
- Identifying resident’s individual preferences for care planning and resident-centered care delivery;
- Identifying nursing home care processes that need improvement, and
- Designing and evaluating quality improvement interventions.
It starts with a list of learning objectives. Following this, we briefly discuss reasons to improve quality-of-life assessment in your facility. Click here to read this overview.
The next two sections describe procedures for conducting quality-of-life assessment interviews with residents.
Training Module Objectives
At the end of this training module, you will be able to:
- Identify two mistakes commonly made when assessing quality-of-life (QOL) in nursing home residents.
- Assess the ability of nursing home residents to answer questions about their daily care preferences.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the pros and cons of each of these QOL assessment questions: direct satisfaction questions, discrepancy questions, open-ended questions.
- Construct discrepancy and open-ended questions that assess QOL for nursing home residents.
- Describe at least three conditions that should be met when interviewing nursing home residents.
- Fundamentals for a New Assessment Strategy
- Interview Protocols
We’ve also included a resource bank of assessment questions that we have used and evaluated in our research. Please feel free to adopt or adapt these ready-made questions for use in your resident-centered care planning and quality improvement efforts.
Click here to view our list of questions.
Click here to print the module.
Elsewhere in this module— Links, FAQs, Related Studies—we provide guidance and referrals to other resources that can help you assess quality-of-life among your residents.
Contact Us
We’ve tried to be comprehensive, but if there is something you can’t find, or if you have unanswered questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
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