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End-of-life care in residential care homes : A retrospective study of the perspectives of family members using the VOICES questionnaire

Andersson, Sofia ; Lindqvist, Olav ; Fürst, Carl Johan LU and Brännström, Margareta (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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Elderly, End of life, Family members, Palliative care, Quality of care, Residential care homes, VOICES questionnaire
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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
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31
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1
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72 - 84
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • scopus:84960977397
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0283-9318
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10.1111/scs.12317
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English
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