A team from the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE) was commissioned by Marie Curie to explore the …

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 …

Background: Increasing number of people are dying with advanced dementia. Comfort and
quality of life are key goals of care. Aims: To describe (1) physical and psychological …

Background: Residents living in long-term care facilities are a vulnerable population. For
many residents, a nursing home is their place of death. Palliative care and end-of-life …

Background Achieving choice is proposed as a quality marker. But little is known about what
influences preferences especially among older adults. We aimed to determine and compare …

Background Inequalities in access to hospice care is a source of considerable concern;
white, middle-class, middle-aged patients with cancer have traditionally been over …

Objectives The objective of this study was to examine variation in place of death of older
people dying from dementia in countries across 4 continents. Design Study of death …

Background: Surveys suggest that most people prefer to die at home. Trends in causes of
mortality and age composition could limit the feasibility of home deaths. Aim: To examine the …

As the number of older people increases across the world, and more people approach the
end of their lives with chronic and complex conditions, the need for robust and relevant …

Objective This investigation reports the cause and the quality of death certification in a
community cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and controls at 18 years. Setting …