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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
卷 67, 期 3, 页码 443-448出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15769
关键词
dementia; end of life; care management
资金
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [HHSM 500-2011-00002I, HHSM-500-T0009]
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVESAlthough Alzheimer disease and other dementias are life limiting, only a minority of these patients or their proxy decision makers participate in advance care planning. We describe end-of-life care preferences and acute care and hospice use in the last 6 months of life for persons enrolled in a comprehensive dementia care management program. DESIGNObservational, retrospective cohort. SETTINGUrban, academic medical center. PARTICIPANTSA total of 322 persons enrolled in dementia care management after July 1, 2012, who died before July 1, 2016. INTERVENTIONDementia care comanagement model using nurse practitioners partnered with primary care providers and community organizations to provide comprehensive dementia care, including advance care planning. MEASUREMENTSAdvance care preferences, use of Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST), hospice enrollment, and hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits in the last 6 months of life obtained from electronic health record data. RESULTSNearly all decedents (99.7%, N = 321) had a goals-of-care conversation documented (median = 3 conversations; interquartile range = 2-4 conversations), and 64% had advance care preferences recorded. Among those with recorded preferences, 88% indicated do not resuscitate, 48% limited medical interventions, and 35% chose comfort-focused care. Most patients (89%) specified limited artificial nutrition, including withholding feeding tubes. Over half (54%) had no hospitalizations or ED visits in the last 6 months of life, and intensive care unit stays were rare (5% of decedents). Overall, 69% died on hospice. Decedents who had completed a POLST were more likely to die in hospice care (74% vs 62%; P = .03) and die at home (70% vs 59%; P = .04). CONCLUSIONSEnrollees in a comprehensive dementia care comanagement program had high engagement in advance care planning, high rates of hospice use, and low acute care utilization near the end of life. Wider implementation of such programs may improve end-of-life care for persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:443-448, 2019. See related Editorial by in this issue.
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