Satisfaction with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1567-1572

  Engel, Sharon E ^a   Kiely, Dan K ^b   Mitchell, Susan L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing home; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION WITH CARE AT THE END OF LIFE IN DEMENTIA SCALE; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33749846583     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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