Document Type
Article
Abstract
Quality of life is a complex and multi-dimensional notion which individuals and their families try to attain. This paper provides an overview of quality of life literature guided by Lawton’s (1983: 351) “Four Sectors of the Good Life”.” This model of organization demonstrates a multidimensional conceptual view of quality of life in which theoretical and empirical domains were recognized in the literature. Parameters used to understand quality of life and how it is studied provide the framework of the review, specifically in the nursing home setting. Quality of life is of growing importance because people are living longer and population projections suggest an increase in elderly over the next few decades will steadily increase.
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Kelly, Gina Aalgaard
(2013)
"Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A Theoretical and Empirical Review,"
Great Plains Sociologist: Vol. 23:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/greatplainssociologist/vol23/iss1/2