Measuring the Values and Preferencesfor Everyday Care of Persons With Cognitive Impairment and Their Family Caregivers
Author(s) -
Carol J. Whitlatch,
L. F. Feinberg,
Shandra S. Tucke
Publication year - 2005
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/45.3.370
Subject(s) - family caregivers , psychology , cronbach's alpha , autonomy , cognition , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , cognitive impairment , perception , activities of daily living , dementia , gerontology , psychometrics , medicine , psychiatry , disease , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , political science , law , pathology
This study describes the development and psychometric properties of a 24-item scale to be used in both research and practice settings that assesses the everyday care values and preferences of individuals with cognitive impairment and the perceptions of family caregivers about their relative's values and preferences for care.
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