General Scale Development

VanHaitsma, K., Curyto, K., Spector, A., Towsley, G., Kleban, M., Carpenter, B., … Koren, M. J. (2013). The preferences for everyday living inventory: Scale development and description of psychosocial preferences responses in community-dwelling elders. The Gerontologist, (4), 582-595. doi:10.1093/geront/gns102.

Bangerter, L. R., Abbott, K., Heid, A., Eshraghi, K., & VanHaitsma, K. (2017). Using spontaneous commentary of nursing home residents to develop resident-centered measurement tools: A case study. Geriatric Nursing, 38(6), 548-550. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.

Sillner, A. Y., Buck, H., VanHaitsma, K., Behrens, L., & Abbott, K. M. (2018). Identifying preferences for everyday living in home health care: Recommendations from an expert panel. Home Health Care Management & Practice. doi: 10.1177/1084822318811319

VanHaitsma, K., Abbott, K., Arbogast, A., Bangerter, L., Heid, A., Behrens, L., & Madrigal, C. (2019). A Preference-Based Model of Care: An Integrative Theoretical Model of the Role of Preferences in Person-Centered Care. The Gerontologist. doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz075

Stacke, T., Bergmann, J.M., Strobel, A.M., Muller-Widmer, R., Purwins, D., Manietta, C., Rommerskirch, M., Nebowsky, A-E., Wegner, A., White, J., Kelleter, H., Ralic, N., VanHaitsma, K., & Roes, M. (2020). Preferences for everyday living inventory (PELI): study protocol for piloting a culture-sensitive and setting-specific translated instrument in German care settings (PELI-D). BMJ Open. dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030268

Burshnic-Neal, V.L., Knollman-Porter, K., Topper, R.H., McConnell, E.S., Van Haitsma, K., & Abbott, K.M. (2022). Examining face validity of visual stimuli used in preference assessments for older adults with communication impairments. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10;31(3):1297-1318. doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00303

Heid, A., Abbott, K., Rovine, M., Eshraghi, K., Madrigal, C., Crumbie, V., & VanHaitsma, K. (2022). The stability of nursing home residents’ ratings of importance of recreation preferences over one year. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(8), 1942–1951. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221089239

Kunkel, M. C., Madrigal, C., Moore, R., Bowblis, J. R., Straker, J., Nelson, M., Van Haitsma, K., & Abbott, K. M. (2022). Exploring the criterion validity of pragmatic person-centered care/culture change measures. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(12), 2542–2548. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221117528

Madrigal, C., Mogle, J., Abbott, K., Mills, W., Fick, D., Scanlon, D., Behrens, L., Eshraghi, K., & VanHaitsma, K. (2022). The association between preference satisfaction and satisfaction with overall care for nursing home residents. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 34:5, 707-722, doi: 10.1080/08959420.2022.2029265

Rommerskirch-Manietta, M., Purwins, D., VanHaitsma, K., Abbott, K., & Roes, M. (2022). Instruments for assessing the preferences for everyday living of older people with various care needs across different care settings: An evidence map, Geriatric Nursing, Volume 45, Pages 18-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.02.026.

Shin, S.Y., & Kwon, J.H. (2023). Translation and cultural adaptation of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory for Korean nursing home settings. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 49 (5): 5-10. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20230413-02

Jones, C., Moyle, W., VanHaitsma, K., & Hudson, C. (2024). Utilisation of the Intimacy and Sexuality Expression Preferences Tool in long-term care: A case study. Frontiers in Dementia, (3). doi: 10.3389/frdem.2024.1270569.