Background: Nursing homes are becoming a common site where delivering end-of-life care
for older adults. They often represent the junction between the curative and the palliative …

Objective Less aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care has been observed when health care
professionals discuss approaching EOL and preferences about life-sustaining treatments …

PURPOSE We wanted to review and synthesize published criteria for good qualitative
research and develop a cogent set of evaluative criteria. METHODS We identified published …

Background: Striking changes occurred in health care in the United States between 2000
and 2013, including growth of hospice and hospital-based palliative care teams, and …

As in other Western countries, most Norwegian nursing home patients are suffering from
multi-pathological conditions and a large majority of them will die in the nursing home. End …

Objective: Our aim was to explore the presence of symptoms, symptom relief, and other key
aspects of palliative care during the final week of life among older people residing in nursing …

OBJECTIVES: To describe the medical decisions confronting healthcare proxies (HCPs) of
nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and to identify factors associated with …

Objective Synthesize research about patients' and relatives' expectations and experiences
on how doctors can improve end-of-life care in nursing homes. Methods We systematically …

The sources of stress for families of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia
have not been well described. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 16 family …

Objectives: To understand the roles of physicians and staff in nursing homes in relation to
end‐of‐life care through narrative interviews with family members close to a decedent …