Advance care planning and physician orders in nursing home residents with dementia: A nationwide retrospective study among professional caregivers and relatives

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-256

  Vandervoort, An ^a   Houttekier, Dirk ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^b   Stichele, Robert Vander ^a,c   Deliens, Luc ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; advance directive; dementia; end of life care; family physician treatment orders; nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; WRITING;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CAREGIVERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; TERMINAL CARE; WRITING;

EID: 84893776374     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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