End-of-life care in residential care homes : A retrospective study of the perspectives of family members using the VOICES questionnaire
(2017) In Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 31(1). p.72-84- Abstract
Background: In Europe, residential care homes (RCHs) are replacing hospitals as the place where death occurs, and they play an important role in end-of-life (EOL) care. Objective: The aim was to describe the quality of care during the last 3 months and last 3 days of life of those who died in RCHs as reported by family members. We also investigated whether there were differences in the EOL care of younger patients (
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- author
- Andersson, Sofia ; Lindqvist, Olav ; Fürst, Carl Johan LU and Brännström, Margareta
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Elderly, End of life, Family members, Palliative care, Quality of care, Residential care homes, VOICES questionnaire
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 72 - 84
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- pmid:26987286
- wos:000394988700008
- scopus:84960977397
- ISSN
- 0283-9318
- DOI
- 10.1111/scs.12317
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- c6fddd51-6e77-4fe4-9a60-7e226c7ca6aa
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- 2016-05-19 15:26:09
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