Multilevel Conceptualization and Measurement of Person-Centeredness

Lea Efird-Green, Sheryl Zimmerman, Sam Fazio, Philip D. Sloane, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, s Association Home Office, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on June 23, 2026

Abstract

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Despite widespread usage in aging and health services, the concept of person-centeredness (PC) does not have a single, universal definition. This definitional challenge may be due, in part, to desired parsimony that oversimplifies the concept’s intrinsic ...