Quality of Life Research

Collaborators in dementia quality of life research include Dr. Janet Grace and Dr. Brian Ott from Brown University and Dr. Rebecca Ready from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  Contributions have included the Cornell-Brown Quality of Life in Dementia Scale, used world-wide, which has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch.  The scale is in the public domain and may be used freely without permission from the original authors.

• Cornell-Brown Quality of Life in Dementia Scale (English version)
• Instructions for administration (English)
• Cornell-Brown Quality of Life in Dementia Scale (Spanish version)

References

1. Ready RE, Ott BR, Grace J, Fernandez I. The Cornell-Brown Scale for quality of life in dementia.  Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord, 16(2):109-115, 2002.
2. Ready RE, Ott BR. Quality of life measures for dementia. Health Qual Life Outcomes, Apr 23;1(1):11, 2003.
3. Ready RE, Ott BR, Grace J. Patient vs informant perspectives of quality of life in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19(3):256-265, 2004.
4. Ready RE, Ott BR, Grace J. Insight and cognitive impairment: effects on quality of life reports from mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease patients. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 21(4):242-248, 2006.
5. Ready RE, Ott BR, Grace J. Factor structure of patient and informant ratings on the Dementia Quality of Life Instrument. Aging Neuropsychology Cognition 14(2):144-154, 2007.
6. Ready RE, Ott BR. Integrating patient and caregiver reports on the Cornell-Brown Quality of Life scale. Am J Alzheimer’s Dis Other Demen 22(6):528-34, 2007.