Identifying Attributes of Groups of Nursing Home Residents by Recreational Activity Attendance Tendencies

Kimberly Van Haitsma, Allison R. Heid, Michael J. Rovine, Karen Eshraghi, Nahida Akter, Katherine M. Abbott, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Independent Research Consultant, University of Pennsylvania, Miami University

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on June 28, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Volume 45, Issue 5, Page 900-909, May 2026.
The Preference Match Tracker (PMT) is a pragmatic process measure that links reports of important preferences with recreational activity attendance for nursing home (NH) residents. The purpose of this study was to explore patterns of NH residents’ (n =...