The interRAI suite of mental health assessment instruments: an integrated system for the continuum of care

JP Hirdes, C Van Everdingen, J Ferris… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The lives of persons living with mental illness are affected by psychological, biological,
social, economic, and environmental factors over the life course. It is therefore unlikely that …

Assessment and management of the geriatric patient

RA Rosenthal, SM Kavic - Critical care medicine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Assessment and management of the geriatric patient : Critical Care Medicine Assessment and
management of the geriatric patient : Critical Care Medicine SCCM Pediatric Critical Care …

Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of an integrated health information system

JP Hirdes, G Ljunggren, JN Morris, DHM Frijters… - BMC health services …, 2008 - Springer
Background A multi-domain suite of instruments has been developed by the interRAI
research collaborative to support assessment and care planning in mental health, aged care …

The relationship of 60 disease diagnoses and 15 conditions to preference-based health-related quality of life in Ontario hospital-based long-term care residents

JMC Lam, WP Wodchis - Medical care, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Population-based diagnosis-and condition-specific health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) scores are required for decision-making and research purposes. These HRQoL …

Beyond the 'iron lungs of gerontology': using evidence to shape the future of nursing homes in Canada

JP Hirdes, L Mitchell, CJ Maxwell… - Canadian Journal on …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Institutionalization of the Elderly in Canada suggested that efforts to address the underlying
causes of age-related declines in health might negate the need for nursing homes …

The aggressive behavior scale: a new scale to measure aggression based on the minimum data set

CM Perlman, JP Hirdes - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To examine the reliability and validity of the Aggressive Behavior Scale
(ABS), derived from the Minimum Data Set (MDS 2.0). DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of …

The identification of frail older adults in primary care: comparing the accuracy of five simple instruments

EO Hoogendijk, HE Van Der Horst, DJH Deeg… - Age and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background: many instruments are available to identify frail older adults who may benefit
from geriatric interventions. Most of those instruments are time-consuming and difficult to use …

Sharing clinical information across care settings: the birth of an integrated assessment system

LC Gray, K Berg, BE Fries, JC Henrard… - BMC health services …, 2009 - Springer
Background Population ageing, the emergence of chronic illness, and the shift away from
institutional care challenge conventional approaches to assessment systems which …

[HTML][HTML] Using interRAI assessment systems to measure and maintain quality of long-term care

I Carpenter, JP Hirdes - A good life in old age, 2013 - books.google.com
Rapidly ageing populations and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases present major
challenges for policy makers. Populations as well as individuals have different prevalence of …

Home care quality indicators (HCQIs) based on the MDS-HC

JP Hirdes, BE Fries, JN Morris, N Ikegami… - The …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: This study aimed to develop home care quality indicators (HCQIs) to be used by a
variety of audiences including consumers, agencies, regulators, and policy makers to …