Place of death and end-of-life transitions experienced by very old people with differing cognitive status: Retrospective analysis of a prospective population-based cohort aged 85 and over

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 220-233

  Perrels, Anouk J ^a,b,c   Fleming, Jane ^a,d   Zhao, Jun ^d   Barclay, Stephen ^a,d   Farquhar, Morag ^a,d   Buiting, Hilde M ^b,c,e   Brayne, Carol ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Cancer Registry and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

80 and over; aged; Cognitive impairment; delivery of health care; dementia; frail elderly; homes for the aged; nursing homes; patient transfer; residential characteristics; terminal care

Indexed keywords

80 AND OVER; AGED; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESIDENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84893851150     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313510341     Document Type: Article

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