The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia
Hadassah Medical Center · Hebrew SeniorLife · +4 more institutions
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Abstract
Background
Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States but is underrecognized as a terminal illness. The clinical course of nursing home residents with advanced dementia has not been well described.
Methods
We followed 323 nursing home residents with advanced dementia and their health care proxies for 18 months in 22 nursing homes. Data were collected to characterize the residents' survival, clinical complications, symptoms, and treatments and to determine the proxies' understanding of the residents' prognosis and the clinical complications expected in patients with advanced dementia.
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Dementia
- Pneumonia
- Odds ratio
- Confidence interval
- Severe dementia
- Disease
- Pediatrics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Good health and well-being
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