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Concordance of Family and Staff Member Reports About End of Life in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes

Author(s) -

Shayna E. Rich,

C. S. Williams,

S. Zimmerman

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnp089

Subject(s) - concordance , mcnemar's test , medicine , family medicine , family member , stratified sampling , end of life care , long term care , nursing , psychology , gerontology , palliative care , statistics , mathematics , pathology

To identify differences in perspectives that may complicate the process of joint decision making at the end of life, this study determined the agreement of family and staff perspectives about end-of-life experiences in nursing homes and residential care/assisted living communities and whether family and staff roles, involvement in care, and interaction are associated with such agreement.

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