Hospice use and outcomes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2284-2291

  Kiely, Dan K ^a   Givens, Jane L ^a,b   Shaffer, Michele L ^c   Teno, Joan M ^d   Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b  

^a Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; hospice; nursing homes; palliative care

Indexed keywords

HYOSCYAMINE; MORPHINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DEMENTIA; DYSPNEA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650118171     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03185.x     Document Type: Article

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