Association of Prognostic Estimates With Burdensome Interventions in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prognostication in advanced dementia is challenging but may influence care.

Objectives

To determine the accuracy of proxies' prognostic estimates for nursing home residents with advanced dementia, identify factors associated with those estimates, and examine the association between their estimates and use of burdensome interventions.

Design, setting, and participants

Data were combined from 2 studies that prospectively followed 764 residents with advanced dementia and their proxies in Boston-area nursing homes for 12 months: (1) the Study of Pathogen Resistance and Exposure to Antimicrobials in Dementia, conducted from September 2009 to November 2012 (362 resident/proxy dyads; 35 facilities); and (2) the Educational Video to Improve nursing home Care in End

SUBMITTER: Loizeau AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033677 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature