Development and psychometric properties of the Joy-of-Life Scale in cognitively intact nursing home patients.

Gorill Haugan Eva RinnanGeir Arild EspnesJorunn DragesetToril RannestadBeate André

Published in: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences (2019)

The 'Joy-of-Life-Nursing-Home' is a national strategy for promoting quality of life, meaning and quality of life among nursing home patients in Norway. Therefore, exploring the essence of the Joy-of-Life phenomenon and developing a measurement scale assessing joy-of-life in this population is important for the further development of care quality in nursing homes.

Keyphrases

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