Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare quality of life in for-profit and not-for-profit aged care facilities. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using stratified random sampling of aged care facilities in the state of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor investigating quality of care in for-profit versus not-for-profit nursing homes. Staff and residents were interviewed using adapted questionnaire and the WHOBREFF on Quality of Life (QOL) measurements. RESULTS: The for-profit aged care facilities were operated by better trained nurses and professionals and were equipped with wide-ranging services. These however, do not comensurate with the findings of QOL of the residents. Only 31% of the residents in the for-profit claims they are satisfied in contrast with 44% in the nonprofit facilities. Similarly, only 22% were satisfied with their health versus 42% are satisfied in the nonprofit facilities. CONCLUSIONS: This study within its limitation, showed evidence to suggest that on average, not-for-profit aged care facilities residents, were having higher QOL and better perception of health. Many factors may, however, influence this relation in the case of individual institutions. The evidences do, however, raise questions about whether structure alone need not necessary improve residentsÂ’ Quality of Life (QOL) but the process, the holistic nature of the services for the aged are important elements to look at more deeply.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-199,
title = {Is Not-For-Profit Aged Care Facilities Are Not Necessarily Worst Off Than For-Profit Counterparts in Achieving Respectable Quality of Life of Their Residents?},
author = {Marwa Abas and Safurah Jaafar and Rahimah Ibrahim},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To compare quality of life in for-profit and not-for-profit aged care facilities. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using stratified random sampling of aged care facilities in the state of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor investigating quality of care in for-profit versus not-for-profit nursing homes. Staff and residents were interviewed using adapted questionnaire and the WHOBREFF on Quality of Life (QOL) measurements. RESULTS: The for-profit aged care facilities were operated by better trained nurses and professionals and were equipped with wide-ranging services. These however, do not comensurate with the findings of QOL of the residents. Only 31% of the residents in the for-profit claims they are satisfied in contrast with 44% in the nonprofit facilities. Similarly, only 22% were satisfied with their health versus 42% are satisfied in the nonprofit facilities. CONCLUSIONS: This study within its limitation, showed evidence to suggest that on average, not-for-profit aged care facilities residents, were having higher QOL and better perception of health. Many factors may, however, influence this relation in the case of individual institutions. The evidences do, however, raise questions about whether structure alone need not necessary improve residentsÂ’ Quality of Life (QOL) but the process, the holistic nature of the services for the aged are important elements to look at more deeply.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1International Medical University, Malaysia, 2MyAgeing Research Institute},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}