Symptoms and treatment when death is expected in dementia patients in long-term care facilities

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Klapwijk, Maartje S ^a,b   Caljouw, Monique A A ^a   Van Soest Poortvliet, Mirjam C ^c   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^c   Achterberg, Wilco P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Marente Long term Care Facility Van Wijckerslooth   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life; Long term care; Quality of dying; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907983951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-99     Document Type: Article

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