Palliative care for long-term care residents: Effect on clinical outcomes

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 874-880

  Comart, Jody ^a   Mahler, Anne ^a   Schreiber, Robert ^a   Rockett, Christopher ^a   Jones, Richard N ^a   Morris, John N ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Goals of care; Quality of life; Teams interdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; GOALS OF CARE; METHODOLOGY; TEAMS/INTERDISCIPLINARY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

END-OF-LIFE CARE; GOALS OF CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEAMS/INTERDISCIPLINARY;

EID: 84888616411     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns154     Document Type: Article

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