Factors related to establishing a comfort care goal in nursing home patients with dementia: A cohort study among family and professional caregivers

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1317-1327

  Van Soest Poortvliet, Mirjam C ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   De Vet, Henrica C W ^b   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b   Deliens, Luc H J ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PROTESTANT; RELIGION; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERY ELDERLY; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION;

EID: 84907432491     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0205     Document Type: Article

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