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Do people with dementia die at their preferred location of death?
— A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis | | Author(s) | Vellingiri Badrakalimuthu, Stephen Barclay |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 42, no 1, January 2014 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, January 2014 |
| Pages | pp 13-19 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Death ; Terminal care ; Consumer choice ; Attitude ; Family care ; Medical workers ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Place of death is an important component of the quality of a person's death. This study undertook a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the literature concerning place of death of people with dementia and their preferences for location of death, and of the family carers and healthcare providers preferences about location of death for patients with dementia. Studies relying on death certificate data show that patients with dementia die more commonly in care homes than other locations, contrasting with prospective studies which show that death is more common in own residence and hospital. Age (older), gender (male), availability of hospital and nursing home beds and enrolment in hospice, influence place of death. There is very limited evidence of patients, family carers and healthcare providers' views on preferred location of death for patients with dementia; and the only study included reported that family carers' views are more agreed to rather than patients' own views regarding place of death. This study on place of death raises exploratory questions on end-of-life care for patients with dementia, which has implications on health and social care policies related to dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522288 A |
| Classmark | EA: CW: LV: WYC: DP: P6:SJ: QT: 64A |
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