Concordance of family and staff member reports about end of life in assisted living and nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-120

  Rich, Shayna E ^a   Williams, Christianna S ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^c  

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

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Communication; Decision making

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75449116522     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp089     Document Type: Article

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