TY - JOUR
T1 - Palliative care for patients with dementia in long-term care
AU - Fulton, Ana Tuya
AU - Rhodes-Kropf, Jennifer
AU - Corcoran, Amy M.
AU - Chau, Diane
AU - Castillo, Elizabeth Herskovits
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Geriatric Academic Career Awards from the Health Resources and Services Administration .
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Seventy percent of people in the United States who have dementia die in the nursing home. This article addresses the following topics on palliative care for patients with dementia in long-term care: (1) transitions of care, (2) infections, other comorbidities, and decisions on hospitalization, (3) prognostication, (4) the evidence for and against tube feeding, (5) discussing goals of care with families/surrogate decision makers, (6) types of palliative care programs, (7) pain assessment and management, and (8) optimizing function and quality of life for residents with advanced dementia.
AB - Seventy percent of people in the United States who have dementia die in the nursing home. This article addresses the following topics on palliative care for patients with dementia in long-term care: (1) transitions of care, (2) infections, other comorbidities, and decisions on hospitalization, (3) prognostication, (4) the evidence for and against tube feeding, (5) discussing goals of care with families/surrogate decision makers, (6) types of palliative care programs, (7) pain assessment and management, and (8) optimizing function and quality of life for residents with advanced dementia.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cger.2011.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cger.2011.01.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21641503
AN - SCOPUS:79957889804
SN - 0749-0690
VL - 27
SP - 153
EP - 170
JO - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
JF - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
IS - 2
ER -