Patterns of functional decline in hospice: What can individuals and their families expect?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-417

  Harris, Pamela ^a   Wong, Esther ^b   Farrington, Sue ^c   Craig, Teresa R ^c   Harrold, Joan K ^d   Oldanie, Betty ^e   Teno, Joan M ^f   Casarett, David J ^b  

^a Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Suncoast Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d Hospice and Community Care   (United States)

^e Suncoast Hospice   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

functional status; hospice; prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMENTIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OLIGOPHRENIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875209863     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12144     Document Type: Article

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