期刊
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
卷 20, 期 5, 页码 583-596出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308317822
关键词
living will; treatment preferences; end-stage dementia; end of life; health care decisions
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS39810, R01 NS039810-05] Funding Source: Medline
Objectives: To examine how people with end-stage dementia have conveyed their wishes for end-of-life care in advance directives. Method: The documents of 123 residents of three Maryland nursing homes, all with end-stage dementia, were reviewed. Results: More years of education and White race were significantly associated with having an advance directive. With the exceptions of comfort care and pain treatment, advance directives were used primarily to restrict, not request, many forms of care at the end of life. Decisions about care for end-stage conditions such as Alzheimer's dementia are less often addressed in these documents than for terminal conditions and persistent vegetative state. Discussion: For advance directives to better reflect a person's wishes, discussions with individuals and families about advance directives should include a range of care issues in the settings of terminal illness, persistent vegetative state or end-stage illness. These documents should be reviewed periodically to make certain that they convey accurately the person's treatment preferences.
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