Care in Japanese Residential Aged Care Facilities: Residents’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives
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This study examined residents’ and caregivers’ conceptualization of quality of life (QOL) and quality of care (QOC). Resident interviews and caregiver questionnaire surveys were conducted based on the facet approach. Data were analyzed by multidimensional scaling. Apart from domains of QOL and QOC identified in western sudies, a new aspect, bathing, was distinguished. Residents perceived bathing as a pleasant activity, while caregivers perceived it as nursing. Residents also distinguished between emotional, perceptual, and cognitive elements of psychological responses to care but caregivers did not. Differences in basic conceptualization might explain perception gaps and difficulties in providing suitable care for residents.
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Vol 8
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pp. 193758672110597
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Vol 18
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2012 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 349-357
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