This study identifies preferences that are most important to older adults receiving long-term services and supports. Preference assessment interviews were conducted with 255 nursing home (NH) residents and 528 home care (HC) clients, using the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory-Nursing Home (PELI-NH) and PELI-HC respectively. Analysis focused on 41 items shared by both versions. Ten preferences were rated as important or very important by HC and NH clients. Providers may wish to target the top areas for preference-based, person-centered care quality improvement efforts.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29146223

Funder(s)

National Institute of Nursing Research (R21NR011334), The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation

Citation

Abbott, K. M., Klumpp, R., Leser, K. A., Straker, J. K., Gannod, G. C., & Van Haitsma, K. (2018). Delivering person-centered care: Important preferences for recipients of long-term services and supports. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 19(2), 169-173. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.10.005

Team Members as Authors

Members of the the PELI Team who contributed to this publication.

Katherine Abbott, Ph.D, MGS

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Dennis Cheatham

Communication Director

Executive Director; Scripps Gerontology Center

Professor of Gerontology; Miami University

Katherine Abbott, Ph.D, MGS

Kimberly VanHaitsma, Ph.D., FGSA

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Dennis Cheatham

Communication Director

Professor, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Director, Program for Person-Centered Living Systems of Care

Kimberly VanHaitsma, Ph.D., FGSA