Hospitalizations of nursing home residents with dementia in the last month of life: Results from a nationwide survey

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1110-1117

  Houttekier, Dirk ^a   Vandervoort, An ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^b   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; hospitalization; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING WILL; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84907204165     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314535962     Document Type: Article

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