Their last 6 months: Suffering and survival of end-stage dementia patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 597-601

  Aminoff, Bechor Zvi ^a   Adunsky, Abraham ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; End of life; Hospice; Suffering; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33750338827     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl067     Document Type: Article

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