Heart Failure in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Evidence and Strategies to Improve Transitions, Clinical Care, and Quality of Life

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 825-831

  Nazir, Arif ^a   Smucker, William D ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Palliative care; Post acute care; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM;

CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DIURETIC THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CONGESTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POST ACUTE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSITIONAL CARE; WATER DEPRIVATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; HOSPICE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DIURETICS; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84944166653     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.05.006     Document Type: Review

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