Japanese Care Location and Medical Procedures for People with Dementia in the Last Month of Life

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 747-755

  Nakanishi, Miharu ^a   Nakashima, Taeko ^b   Shindo, Yumi ^c   Niimura, Junko ^a   Nishida, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tokyo Dementia Care Research and Training Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; hospice care; nursing homes; pain management; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFUSION; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMA; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE; URINARY CATHETER; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOUSING; JAPAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84963715779     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150898     Document Type: Article

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