Preferences and end of life care for residents of aged care facilities: a mixed methods study

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residential aged care facilities is one of the most common places to deliver of end of life care. A lack of evidence regarding preferred place for end of life care for residents of aged care facilities impacts on delivery of care and prevents assessment of quality of care. This paper reports the preferences, current status of end of life care and enablers and barriers of care being delivered in line with the wishes of residents of participating aged care facilities.

Methods

We collaborated with six equally sized aged care facilities from the Greater Newcastle area, New South Wales, Australia. An audit of the quality of end of life care for residents was conducted by retrospective medical record review (n = 234 deceased patients). A retrospective review of emerg

SUBMITTER: Sarah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472708 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature