Hospitalisation of high-care residents of aged care facilities: Are goals of care discussed?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-149

  Lane, H ^a   Zordan, R D ^a   Weiland, T J ^a   Philip, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Aged; Aged care facility; Hospitalisation; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873705357     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02749.x     Document Type: Article

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