Published In

Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Subjects

Older people -- Housing -- Oregon -- Portland, Older people -- Services for

Abstract

This article presents the Resident VIEW (Voicing Importance, Experience, and Well-Being), a measure designed to learn directly from long-term care residents the extent to which they experience support that matters most to them. The Resident VIEW contains 63 items across eight domains developed through cognitive interviews with residents in different types of residential settings (e.g., nursing homes, assisted living, and adult foster care). Residents rate items on both importance and their experience. In total, 258 nursing home residents living in 32 Oregon nursing homes were selected through a two-stage random sampling design and participated in the study. Results demonstrate that what matters most to residents varies, emphasizing the value of asking residents directly about their preferences. The relationship between importance and experience differed by item. Residents who experienced support rated very important within some domains, reported better quality of life and reported lower levels of depressive symptoms than those who did not experience these things. The interaction between importance and experience, however, did not reach statistical significance, suggesting that positive experiences may provide benefit even in some areas that are not perceived as important by residents. Results underscore the value of incorporating the resident perspective into measure development in long-term care.

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© The Author(s) 2019

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

DOI

10.1177/2333721419877975

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30281

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