Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES)

Instrument Description:

The Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES) assesses seven dimensions of the social environments of residential settings for older adults, such as community nursing homes, residential care facilities, and congregate apartments.

The SCES is one part of a more comprehensive Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure (MEAP), which focuses on the physical and architectural features, policies and services, and characteristics of the residents and staff in residential settings for older adults. Norms are based on 262 community nursing homes, residential care facilities, and congregate apartments and 81 facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Instrument Development and Research Contact: Rudolf Moos, Ph.D.

References:

Moos, R., & Lemke, S. (1994). Group Residences for Older Adults: Physical Features, Policies, and Social Climate. New York: Oxford.

This book describes the Sheltered Care Environment Scale as one part of the Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure that is used to understand and improve group residential facilities for older adults.

Moos, R., & Lemke, S. (1996). Evaluating Residential Facilities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

This book includes reproducible copies of the three forms of the Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES), as well as copies of the answer sheet, scoring keys, and normative data for converting raw SCES subscale scores to standard scores.