Open AccessCare-Related Preferences and Values of Elderly Community-Based LTC Consumers: Can Case Managers Learn What's Important to Clients?
Author(s) -
Howard Degenholtz,
R. A. Kane,
Helen Q. Kivnick
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/37.6.767
Subject(s) - long term care , work (physics) , psychology , nursing , business , gerontology , medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
This article describes the development and implementation of a brief values assessment protocol to be used by case managers working in community-based long-term care (LTC) for the elderly and presents data on the values and preferences of 790 LTC clients at two locations. The importance that clients placed on selected issues related to their care (e.g., privacy, daily routines, activities, involvement of family in care, the trade-off between freedom and safety) varied as did the specific content of those issues. Associations were found between the content and strength of preferences. The work has implications for research and practice.
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