Quality of dying of nursing home residents with dementia as judged by relatives

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1697-1707

  Van Uden, Nicole ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b   Vandervoort, An ^a   Vander Stichele, Robert ^a,c   Deliens, Luc ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dementia; long term care; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84883198825     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000756     Document Type: Article

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