Background Health care transitions in the last months of life can be burdensome and
potentially of limited clinical benefit for patients with advanced cognitive and functional …

Background: There is a tenfold variation across US states in the prevalence of feeding tube
use among elderly nursing home residents (NHR) with advanced cognitive impairment. The …

Importance High-quality care at the end of life supports freedom from pain and other
potentially burdensome symptoms. Lowering symptom burden at the end of life is an urgent …

OBJECTIVES: To describe the end‐of‐life symptoms of nursing home (NH) and residential
care/assisted living (RC/AL) residents, compare staff and family symptom ratings, and …

Objectives To describe transitions in care for older adults with dementia identified from a
nationally representative cohort and to describe transition rates in those with more‐severe …

Objectives To evaluate how receipt and timing of nursing home (NH) palliative care
consultations (primarily by nurse practitioners with palliative care expertise) are associated …

A prospective cohort study was conducted to examine predictors of mortality in the nursing
home. Participants were 399 long-term nursing home residents, who were followed up for 11 …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between neuropsychiatric symptoms and risk of
institutionalization and death. DESIGN: Analysis of longitudinal data. SETTING: The Aging …

Importance A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that more
persons die at home. This has been cited as evidence that persons dying in the United …

Objectives To describe transitions in care of persons with dementia with attention to nursing
facility transitions. Design Prospective cohort. Setting Public health system. Participants Four …