JAMDA
July 14, 2022
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JAMDA
July 9, 2022
Formal and Informal Costs of Care for People With Dementia Who Experience a Transition to Hospital at the End of Life: A Secondary Data Analysis
To explore formal and informal care costs in the last 3 months of life for people with dementia, and to evaluate the association between transitions to hospital and usual place of care with costs.
Clinical Alerts
April 29, 2022
Patient Decision Aid (PDA) Certification Criteria
These four decision aids have been certified by Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed): Artificial Hydration, CPR, Tube Feeding, Ventilator
JAMDA
December 23, 2021
High-Quality Nursing Home and Palliative Care—One and the Same
Many individuals receiving post-acute and long-term care services in nursing homes have unmet palliative and end-of-life care needs. Hospice has been the predominant approach to meeting these needs, although hospice services generally are available only to long-term care residents with a limited prognosis ...
JAMDA
November 3, 2021
Advance Care Planning in Dutch Nursing Homes During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
To explore how physicians in Dutch nursing homes practiced advance care planning (ACP) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore whether and how ACP changed during the first wave of the pandemic.
JAMDA
October 8, 2021
Effect of a Video-Assisted Advance Care Planning Intervention on End-of-Life Health Care Transitions Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents
To determine the relationship between an advance care planning (ACP) video intervention, Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes (PROVEN), and end-of-life health care transitions among long-stay nursing home residents with advanced illness.
JAMDA
August 13, 2021
Front-Line Hospice Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Opportunities to Discussing Advance Care Planning With Hospice Patients and Their Families
To understand the facilitators and barriers to hospice staff engagement of patients and surrogates in advance care planning (ACP) conversations.
JAMDA
June 13, 2021
Effects of Staff Training on Nursing Home Residents’ End-Of-Life Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This trial examines the effects of end-of-life training on long-term care facility (LTCF) residents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and use and costs of hospital services.
JAMDA
May 21, 2021
POLST Is More Than a Code Status Order Form: Suggestions for Appropriate POLST Use in Long-Term Care
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a medical order form used to document preferences about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), medical interventions such as hospitalization, care in the intensive care unit, and/or ventilation, as well as artificial nutrition. Programs based on the P...
JAMDA
January 9, 2021
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Nursing Home End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review
Health disparities are pervasive in nursing homes (NHs), but disparities in NH end-of-life (EOL) care (ie, hospital transfers, place of death, hospice use, palliative care, advance care planning) have not been comprehensively synthesized. We aim to identify differences in NH EOL care for racial/ethnic mino...
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