Person-Centered Practices in Assisted Living (PC-PAL), Resident and Staff Forms

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Overview

Purpose
Evaluation of person-centered practices
Respondents
  • Proxy
  • Person with a Disability
Administration Method
Survey
Administration Mode
In-person
Developer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL) Collaborative
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Population
Age Related Disability

Instrument Citation(s)

UNC-CEAL Collaborative. (2014). Toolkit for Person-Centeredness in Assisted Living: Informational guide
and questionnaires of person-centered practice in assisted living (PC-PAL). http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Person-Centered-Toolkit-for-Assisted-Living-Final.pdf PDF

Psychometric Citation

  • Zimmerman, S., Allen, J., Cohen, L.W., Pinkowitz, J., Reed, D., Coffey, W.O., Reed, P., Lepore, M., &
    Sloane, P.D. (2015). A measure of person-centered practices in assisted living: The PC-PAL. The
    Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, 16(2), 132-137.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Resident: < 70 (15%): 70-79 (14%); 80 + (71%);
    Staff: <40 (35%); 40-49 (24%); 50+ (41%)

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years, 65+ Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    United States

    Sample: Disability Type

    Age Related Disability

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    Resident: 27%;
    Staff: 6%

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Resident: 93% white;
    Staff: 56% white;

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Stratified sampling

    Sample: Size

    228 residents; 123 staff

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Cronbach's Alpha for the resident version (ɑ=.96); Cronbach's Alpha for the resident version (ɑ=.96)

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    Both questionnaires discriminated among residences; Both questionnaires were significantly related to the culture change

    Study design
    Cross-sectional