Cultural adaptation and validation of the Quality of Dying in Long-term Care (QoD-LTC and QoD-LTC-C) scales by caregivers in nursing homes.

Background: There is a lack of tools that can evaluate quality of dying in nursing homes from the perspective of deceased patients' caregivers. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the caregivers' versions of the Quality of Dying in Long-Term Care (QoD-LTC) and Quality of Dying in Long-Term Care Complete (QoD-LTC-C) scales in the Spanish context.

Methods: This was a cultural adaptation and validation study.

Quality of dying among elderly people diagnosed with dementia in nursing homes: A mixed methods study.

What Is Known On The Subject: Nurses working at nursing homes can play a pivotal role in mental health as a high proportion of residents diagnosed with dementia are in these facilities. Many institutionalized residents diagnosed with dementia develop clinical complications and symptoms that reduce the quality of dying. A mixed-methods approach can help nurses with the difficult task of assessing the quality of dying among these residents and identify inconsistencies that cannot be found using scales alone, but no studies were found in this topic.