Main Category: Alzheimer’s / Dementia
Also Included In: Seniors / Aging; Palliative Care / Hospice Care; Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Article Date: 30 Sep 2011 – 0:00 PDT
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A new study in the Sept. 29, 2011, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that nearly one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of life, such as moving to a different facility in the last three days of life or repeat hospitalizations for expected complications of dementia in the last 90 days of life.