End-of-Life Transitions among Nursing Home Residents with Cognitive Issues

Among nursing home residents with cognitive impairment, burdensome transitions between the nursing home and the hospital or hospice during the last months of life were common, varied according to state, and were associated with a poor quality of care. Health care transitions, such as the hospitaliza...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 365; no. 13; pp. 1212 - 1221
Main Authors:	Gozalo, Pedro, Teno, Joan M, Mitchell, Susan L, Skinner, Jon, Bynum, Julie, Tyler, Denise, Mor, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 29.09.2011
Subjects:	Activities of daily living Advance directives Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular disease Cognition Disorders - therapy Cognitive ability Continuity of Patient Care Dementia Ethics Feeding Female General aspects Hospitalization Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Medical sciences Medicare Nursing Homes Palliative care Patient Transfer - statistics & numerical data Patients Pneumonia Pressure ulcers Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quality Quality of Health Care Sociodemographics Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation Terminal Care - standards Terminal Care - statistics & numerical data United States United States Medicine Ethics Long stay Nursing home for the aged Transition Resident Cognition End of life Homes for the aged Nursing home
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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