JAMDA
March 12, 2020
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JAMDA
February 7, 2020
Appropriateness of End-of-Life Care in People Dying With Dementia: Applying Quality Indicators on Linked Administrative Databases
Dementia is a progressive incurable life-limiting illness. Previous research suggests end-of-life care for people with dementia should have a symptomatic focus with an effort to avoid burdensome interventions that would not improve quality of life. This study aims to assess the appropriateness of end-of-li...
JAMDA
January 7, 2020
A Systematic Review of Nursing Home Palliative Care Interventions: Characteristics and Outcomes
Despite recommendations to integrate palliative care into nursing home care, little is known about the most effective ways to meet this goal.
JAMDA
November 26, 2019
Optimizing Quality of Life With Cognitive Impairment: A Study of End-of-Life Care in Assisted Living
Assisted living (AL) is an expanding site of end-of-life (EOL) care in the United States. Understanding determinants of quality of life (QoL) for AL residents near EOL is vital to optimize care for this growing population, most of whom have some degree of cognitive impairment (CI). This analysis aimed to i...
JAMDA
November 20, 2019
Educating Dutch General Practitioners in Dementia Advance Care Planning: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Advance care planning (ACP) is seldom initiated with people with dementia (PWD) and mainly focuses on medical end-of-life decisions. We studied the effects of an educational intervention for general practitioners (GPs) aimed at initiating and optimizing ACP, with a focus on discussing medical and nonmedica...
JAMDA
October 28, 2019
A Multicenter Study to Identify Clinician Barriers to Participating in Goals of Care Discussions in Long-Term Care
Long-term care (LTC) is an important setting for goals of care (GoC) discussions. Understanding clinician barriers to GoC discussions could identify opportunities for LTC-specific interventions to improve quantity and quality of GoC discussions in the context of serious illness.
JAMDA
October 3, 2019
Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives (SED by AD) in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes
The Ethics Subcommittee of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (“The Society”) presents arguments for and against Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives (SED by AD). SED by AD is a type of advance directive in which a proxy is instructed to stop offering food and fluids ...
JAMDA
September 11, 2019
Factors Associated with Perception of the Quality of Physicians' End-of-life Communication in Long-Term Care Facilities: PACE Cross-Sectional Study
To examine factors associated with perceived quality of communication with physicians by relatives of dying residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs).
JAMDA
August 14, 2019
Introducing Goals of Patient Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities to Decrease Hospitalization: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The “Goals of Patient Care” (GOPC) process uses shared decision making to incorporate residents' prior advance care planning (ACP) or preferences into medical treatment orders, guiding health care decisions at a time of clinical deterioration should they be unable to voice their opinions. The objectiv...
JAMDA
August 1, 2019
