Does case conferencing for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes improve care outcomes: Evidence from an integrative review?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1122-1135

  Phillips, Jane L ^a,b,c   West, Penny A ^b   Davidson, Patricia M ^c,d,e   Agar, Meera ^c,e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care   (Australia)

^c IMPACT: Improving Palliative Care Through Clinical Trials   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Flinders University ^*  (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Hammond Care   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Case conferencing; Integrative review; Nursing homes; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84879604930     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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