Aims of the present study are the following: 1. to describe the rationale and methodology of the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study, a project funded by the European Union, aimed at implementing the interRAI instrument for Long Term Care Facilities (interRAI LTCF) as a tool to assess and gather uniform information about nursing home (NH) residents across different health systems in European countries; 2. to present the results about the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the interRAI LTCF instrument translated into the languages of participating countries; 3 to illustrate the characteristics of NH residents at study entry.

Onder, G., Carpenter, I., Finne Soveri, H., Gindin, J., Frijters, D., Henrard, J., Nikolaus, T., Topinkova, E., Tosato, M., Liperoti, R., Landi, F., Bernabei, R., Assessment of nursing home residents in Europe: the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study, <<BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH>>, 2012; 12 (Gennaio): 5-5. [doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-5] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/27414]

Assessment of nursing home residents in Europe: the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study

Onder, Graziano;Tosato, Matteo;Liperoti, Rosa;Landi, Francesco;Bernabei, Roberto
2012

Abstract

Aims of the present study are the following: 1. to describe the rationale and methodology of the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study, a project funded by the European Union, aimed at implementing the interRAI instrument for Long Term Care Facilities (interRAI LTCF) as a tool to assess and gather uniform information about nursing home (NH) residents across different health systems in European countries; 2. to present the results about the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the interRAI LTCF instrument translated into the languages of participating countries; 3 to illustrate the characteristics of NH residents at study entry.
2012
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Onder, G., Carpenter, I., Finne Soveri, H., Gindin, J., Frijters, D., Henrard, J., Nikolaus, T., Topinkova, E., Tosato, M., Liperoti, R., Landi, F., Bernabei, R., Assessment of nursing home residents in Europe: the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study, <<BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH>>, 2012; 12 (Gennaio): 5-5. [doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-5] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/27414]
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