End-of-Life Care in Assisted Living and Related Residential Care Settings: Comparison with Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1587-1594

  Sloane, Philip D ^a,b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a   Hanson, Laura ^b   Mitchell, C Madeline ^a   Riedel Leo, Charlene ^a   Custis Buie, Verita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; End of life care; Family satisfaction; Nursing homes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0242660098     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51511.x     Document Type: Article

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