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Quality of Life

Posted on October 12th, 2011

Written by Katherine Askew

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Dementia, environment-based quality of life, good quality of life, health-related quality of life, HRQoL, measurement of quality of life in older people, non-health-related quality of life, Old age, older people, QOL, quality of life as you age, quality of life definition, quality of life index, quality of life measures, quality of life research

QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES FOR OLDER POPULATION

There is no consensus regarding the definition of Quality of Life (QoL) for the elderly. The measurement of Quality of Life in older people is different from the general population. Measurements must address the range of aging from successful aging, through usual aging, to aging with disability or dependency.
COMBINATION OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE MEASURES
Both objective and subjective dimensions are important for measuring Quality of Life.
Objective factors are… More
Quality of Life

Posted on August 7th, 2011

Written by Katherine Askew

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Dementia, good quality of life, individual quality of life, Old age, personal quality of life, quality of life as you age, quality of life definition, quality of life index, quality of life measures, quality of life research, quality of life scale

WRITE YOUR OWN QUALITY OF LIFE DEFINITION

If you want a good quality of life as you age, your best plan is to figure out what that means to you personally. Using myself as a guinea pig to test out this idea, I thought I would try to create my own definition of my ideal quality of life in old age.
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN YOUR CONTROL
I wish for health for myself, my husband, my family, and others that I love. I would like to keep doing new and wonderful things with my dear husband until we both keel over from old age at the same… More