Association Between End-of-Life Conversations in Nursing Homes and End-of-Life Care Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Less aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care has been observed when health care professionals discuss approaching EOL and preferences about life-sustaining treatments with nursing home (NH) residents or their families. We performed a comprehensive systematic review to evaluate the association between health care professionals –residents and health care professionals–family EOL conversations and EOL care outcomes.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - November 20, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Silvia Gonella, Ines Basso, Valerio Dimonte, Barbara Martin, Paola Berchialla, Sara Campagna, Paola Di Giulio Tags: Review Article Source Type: research