The Relationship of Loneliness to End-of-Life Experience in Older Americans: A Cohort Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 1064-1071

  Abedini, Nauzley C ^a   Choi, HwaJung ^a   Wei, Melissa Y ^a   Langa, Kenneth M ^a   Chopra, Vineet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; aggressive care; end of life; loneliness; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE BURDEN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; NURSING HOME; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85081614070     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16354     Document Type: Article

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