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About the client perspective: a participatory study evaluating the quality of long-term care relationships.

Scheffelaar, A. About the client perspective: a participatory study evaluating the quality of long-term care relationships. Utrecht: Nivel, 2019. 324 p. p. Proefschrift van de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
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A high-quality care relationship is one of the foundations of the process of providing appropriate long-term care, as it is related to the quality of the care provided as experienced by clients. Clients say their satisfaction with care is greater when the quality of the relationships is high. Furthermore, the quality and continuity of care relationships also affect the technical care the clients receive. Specifically for clients receiving long term care, these relationships are seen as important due to the lengthy need and dependency on care. However, the quality of care relationships is not yet always optimum.

The main objective of this dissertation was to develop qualitative instruments for determining and improving the quality of care relationships in long-term care from the clients’ perspective, with active involvement of clients as the co-researchers applying these qualitative instruments. This dissertation focused on the three largest client groups receiving long-term care, i.e. people with an intellectual disability, with a mental illness, or those who are physically or mentally frail due to advanced age.