Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on February 01, 2005
Hospice in the nursing home: perspectives of front line nursing home staff. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2014) 3.73
Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia. Arch Intern Med (2010) 3.72
Patterns of antimicrobial use among nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.06
The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubes. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.80
Transitions in care for older adults with and without dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 2.38
Advanced dementia research in the nursing home: the CASCADE study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord (2006) 2.24
CLINICAL PRACTICE. Advanced Dementia. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.21
Development and testing of a decision aid on goals of care for advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2014) 2.05
The growth of hospice care in U.S. nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.88
Prediction of 6-month survival of nursing home residents with advanced dementia using ADEPT vs hospice eligibility guidelines. JAMA (2010) 1.87
Unmet needs of community-residing persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: findings from the maximizing independence at home study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2013) 1.63
Healthcare proxies of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: decisions they confront and their satisfaction with decision-making. J Am Geriatr Soc (2009) 1.46
Satisfaction with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.45
Nurses' perspectives on feeding decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Clin Nurs (2010) 1.43
Improving the quality of long-term care with better information. Milbank Q (2005) 1.38
The validity and reliability of scales for the evaluation of end-of-life care in advanced dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord (2006) 1.35
Hospital transfers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 1.32
Long-term effects of the concomitant use of memantine with cholinesterase inhibition in Alzheimer disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2009) 1.31
Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.31
Improving decision-making for feeding options in advanced dementia: a randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 1.27
Hospice effect on government expenditures among nursing home residents. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.25
Does hospice improve quality of care for persons dying from dementia? J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 1.22
Advanced dementia: state of the art and priorities for the next decade. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.12
Actual and preferred place of death of home-dwelling patients in four European countries: making sense of quality indicators. PLoS One (2014) 1.09
Hospice use and outcomes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.08
Health care proxy grief symptoms before the death of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2008) 1.08
Dying from cancer or other chronic diseases in the Netherlands: ten-year trends derived from death certificate data. BMC Palliat Care (2009) 1.07
Place of death among older Americans: does state spending on home- and community-based services promote home death? Med Care (2008) 1.07
Barriers to the provision of high-quality palliative care for people with dementia in England: a qualitative study of professionals' experiences. Health Soc Care Community (2013) 1.06
Quality of life in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.04
Reversal of English trend towards hospital death in dementia: a population-based study of place of death and associated individual and regional factors, 2001-2010. BMC Neurol (2014) 1.03
Sources of stress for family members of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord (2012) 1.01
Medicare expenditures among nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.00
Dying in U.S. nursing homes with advanced dementia: how does health care use differ for residents with, versus without, end-of-life Medicare skilled nursing facility care? J Palliat Med (2011) 1.00
A national study of chaplaincy services and end-of-life outcomes. BMC Palliat Care (2012) 0.99
Dying with dementia in long-term care. Gerontologist (2008) 0.99
Hospitalizations at the end of life among long-term care residents. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2009) 0.98
Successful clinical trial research in nursing homes: the Improving Decision-Making Study. Clin Trials (2010) 0.98
Dying with dementia: symptom burden, quality of care, and place of death. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2013) 0.96
Emotional and physical health of informal caregivers of residents at the end of life: the role of social support. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2008) 0.94
Length of stay for older adults residing in nursing homes at the end of life. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 0.94
SCOPE: Safer care for older persons (in residential) environments: a study protocol. Implement Sci (2011) 0.93
Hospice care for persons with dementia: The growth of access in US nursing homes. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen (2010) 0.92
Psychometric properties of instruments to measure the quality of end-of-life care and dying for long-term care residents with dementia. Qual Life Res (2011) 0.91
Place and cause of death in centenarians: a population-based observational study in England, 2001 to 2010. PLoS Med (2014) 0.90
The cost-effectiveness of the decision to hospitalize nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage (2013) 0.89
Medicare hospice care in US nursing homes: a 2006 update. Palliat Med (2011) 0.87
Does caregiver knowledge matter for hospice enrollment and beyond? Pilot study of minority hospice patients. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (2009) 0.86
Who is looking after Mom and Dad? Unregulated workers in Canadian long-term care homes. Can J Aging (2014) 0.85
End-of-life issues in advanced dementia: Part 1: goals of care, decision-making process, and family education. Can Fam Physician (2015) 0.85
Geriatric palliative care in long-term care settings with a focus on nursing homes. J Palliat Med (2013) 0.84
Predictors of mortality in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen (2010) 0.83
Determinants of death in the hospital among older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 0.82
Quality of end-of-life care of long-term nursing home residents with and without dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2013) 0.82
Factors associated with place of death for elderly Japanese-American men: the Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2009) 0.81
Strong evidence for a genetic contribution to late-onset Alzheimer's disease mortality: a population-based study. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
Fidelity to a behavioral intervention to improve goals of care decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Clin Trials (2016) 0.80
Family oversight and the quality of nursing home care for residents with advanced dementia. Med Care (2009) 0.80
Influence of hospice on nursing home residents with advanced dementia who received Medicare-skilled nursing facility care near the end of life. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 0.80
Grief among family members of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2011) 0.77
Preserving personhood of individuals with advanced dementia: lessons from family caregivers. Geriatr Nurs (2013) 0.77
Type and course of symptoms demonstrated in the terminal and dying phases by people with dementia in nursing homes. Z Gerontol Geriatr (2015) 0.77
Mental health and exposure to patient distress among families of nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage (2011) 0.77
Healthcare Proxy Awareness of Suspected Infections in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2015) 0.76
Challenges in efficacy research: the case of feeding alternatives in patients with dementia. J Adv Nurs (2014) 0.75
Interventions Associated With the Management of Suspected Infections in Advanced Dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage (2015) 0.75
Development and psychometric properties of the family distress in advanced dementia scale. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2015) 0.75
Advanced Dementia. N Engl J Med (2015) 0.75
In-hospital mortality and coronary procedure use for individuals with dementia with acute myocardial infarction in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc (2013) 0.75
Feedback on end-of-life care in dementia: the study protocol of the FOLlow-up project. BMC Palliat Care (2013) 0.75
Medical Decisions Made by Surrogates for Persons with Advanced Dementia within Weeks or Months of Death. AJOB Prim Res (2011) 0.75
Provider staffing effect on a decision aid intervention. Clin Nurs Res (2013) 0.75
Hospice referral after inpatient psychiatric treatment of individuals with advanced dementia from a nursing home. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (2014) 0.75
The last phase of life with dementia in Swiss nursing homes: the study protocol of the longitudinal and prospective ZULIDAD study. BMC Palliat Care (2016) 0.75
Goals of Care or Goals of Trust? How Family Members Perceive Goals for Dying Nursing Home Residents. J Palliat Med (2016) 0.75
Effect of the Goals of Care Intervention for Advanced Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med (2016) 0.75
Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings - a representative "older old" population study. BMC Geriatr (2017) 0.75
Transitions From Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Persons With Dementia: A Challenging Convergence of Patient and System-Level Needs. Gerontologist (2016) 0.75
Family perspectives on end-of-life care at the last place of care. JAMA (2004) 10.13
The clinical course of advanced dementia. N Engl J Med (2009) 9.54
Principles for modeling propensity scores in medical research: a systematic literature review. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2004) 7.55
Change in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries: site of death, place of care, and health care transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009. JAMA (2013) 5.76
Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med (2009) 4.26
Driven to tiers: socioeconomic and racial disparities in the quality of nursing home care. Milbank Q (2004) 3.84
Clinical and organizational factors associated with feeding tube use among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. JAMA (2003) 3.66
Sharp rise in Medicare enrollees being held in hospitals for observation raises concerns about causes and consequences. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 3.12
Use of comprehensive geriatric assessment in older cancer patients: recommendations from the task force on CGA of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). Crit Rev Oncol Hematol (2005) 2.98
End-of-life transitions among nursing home residents with cognitive issues. N Engl J Med (2011) 2.87
Recent trends in state nursing home payment policies. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 2.86
Operative blood loss, blood transfusion, and 30-day mortality in older patients after major noncardiac surgery. Ann Surg (2010) 2.80
The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubes. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.80
Does receipt of hospice care in nursing homes improve the management of pain at the end of life? J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 2.61
Functional significance of low-intensity polyparasite helminth infections in anemia. J Infect Dis (2005) 2.56
To evacuate or not to evacuate: lessons learned from Louisiana nursing home administrators following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2007) 2.44
Increased ambulatory care copayments and hospitalizations among the elderly. N Engl J Med (2010) 2.42
The residential history file: studying nursing home residents' long-term care histories(*). Health Serv Res (2010) 2.41
Which hospice patients with cancer are able to die in the setting of their choice? Results of a retrospective cohort study. J Clin Oncol (2012) 2.31
Nursing home characteristics and potentially preventable hospitalizations of long-stay residents. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 2.29
Physicians "missing in action": family perspectives on physician and staffing problems in end-of-life care in the nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 2.27
Advanced dementia research in the nursing home: the CASCADE study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord (2006) 2.24
Where people die: a multilevel approach to understanding influences on site of death in America. Med Care Res Rev (2007) 2.23
Weaknesses of goodness-of-fit tests for evaluating propensity score models: the case of the omitted confounder. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2005) 2.22
Comfort feeding only: a proposal to bring clarity to decision-making regarding difficulty with eating for persons with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 2.22
Churning: the association between health care transitions and feeding tube insertion for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. J Palliat Med (2009) 2.18
Methodology, design, and analytic techniques to address measurement of comorbid disease. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2007) 2.12
Factors associated with site of death: a national study of where people die. Med Care (2003) 2.12
Separate and unequal: racial segregation and disparities in quality across U.S. nursing homes. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.09
Hospice enrollment and pain assessment and management in nursing homes. J Pain Symptom Manage (2003) 1.95
End-of-life care in black and white: race matters for medical care of dying patients and their families. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.92
Hospital characteristics associated with feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. JAMA (2010) 1.91
The growth of hospice care in U.S. nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.88
Prediction of 6-month survival of nursing home residents with advanced dementia using ADEPT vs hospice eligibility guidelines. JAMA (2010) 1.87
Geographic concentration and correlates of nursing home closures: 1999-2008. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.83
The effect of state medicaid case-mix payment on nursing home resident acuity. Health Serv Res (2006) 1.81
Hospice enrollment and evaluation of its causal effect on hospitalization of dying nursing home patients. Health Serv Res (2007) 1.81
The effect of provider-level ascertainment bias on profiling nursing homes. Stat Med (2005) 1.79
An exploration of job, organizational, and environmental factors associated with high and low nursing assistant turnover. Gerontologist (2002) 1.79
Validation of new measures of disability and functioning in the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2011) 1.78
Discussions with physicians about hospice among patients with metastatic lung cancer. Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.77
Adjuvant tamoxifen prescription in women 65 years and older with primary breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2002) 1.75
Feeding tubes and the prevention or healing of pressure ulcers. Arch Intern Med (2012) 1.75
Ameliorating pain in nursing homes: a collaborative quality-improvement project. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 1.75
Decision-making and outcomes of feeding tube insertion: a five-state study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 1.73
Effect of hospital-SNF referral linkages on rehospitalization. Health Serv Res (2013) 1.72
Underreporting high-risk prescribing among Medicare Advantage plans: a cross-sectional analysis. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.65
Bereaved family member perceptions of quality of end-of-life care in U.S. regions with high and low usage of intensive care unit care. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.62
Changes in Medicare costs with the growth of hospice care in nursing homes. N Engl J Med (2015) 1.62
Daily pain that was excruciating at some time in the previous week: prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes in nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 1.56
The costs of turnover in nursing homes. Med Care (2009) 1.51
Medicaid bed-hold policy and Medicare skilled nursing facility rehospitalizations. Health Serv Res (2010) 1.49
Medicaid payment and risk-adjusted nursing home quality measures. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 1.49
The synergistic effect of concomitant schistosomiasis, hookworm, and trichuris infections on children's anemia burden. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.49
Use of feeding tubes in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment. JAMA (2002) 1.48
Insurance parity and the use of outpatient mental health care following a psychiatric hospitalization. JAMA (2008) 1.48
Physician and nurse staffing in nursing homes: the role and limitations of the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) system. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2005) 1.48
Medicaid payment rates, case-mix reimbursement, and nursing home staffing--1996-2004. Med Care (2008) 1.45
Identification and evaluation of existing nursing homes quality indicators. Health Care Financ Rev (2002) 1.44
Intensive care utilization among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive and severe functional impairment. J Palliat Med (2014) 1.42
Government expenditures at the end of life for short- and long-stay nursing home residents: differences by hospice enrollment status. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 1.40
Elderly hispanics more likely to reside in poor-quality nursing homes. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 1.40
Racial disparities in access to long-term care: the illusive pursuit of equity. J Health Polit Policy Law (2008) 1.37
Family perspectives on end-of-life care experiences in nursing homes. Gerontologist (2005) 1.36
The use of atypical antipsychotics in nursing homes. J Clin Psychiatry (2003) 1.36
Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2009) 1.34
The Care Span: Growth of racial and ethnic minorities in US nursing homes driven by demographics and possible disparities in options. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 1.33
Effect of state Medicaid reimbursement rates on hospitalizations from nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 1.32
A national study of live discharges from hospice. J Palliat Med (2014) 1.30
Oversight of nursing homes: pruning the tree or just spotting bad apples? Gerontologist (2003) 1.29
Late referral to hospice and bereaved family member perception of quality of end-of-life care. J Pain Symptom Manage (2005) 1.29
Hospice and palliative care in nursing homes. Clin Geriatr Med (2004) 1.29
Nurse aide empowerment strategies and staff stability: effects on nursing home resident outcomes. Gerontologist (2005) 1.27
Medicaid nursing home payment and the role of provider taxes. Med Care Res Rev (2008) 1.26
Referral and timing of referral to hospice care in nursing homes: the significant role of staff members. Gerontologist (2008) 1.26
Access to postacute nursing home care before and after the BBA. Balanced Budget Act. Health Aff (Millwood) (2002) 1.25
Hospice effect on government expenditures among nursing home residents. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.25
Advance directives: time to move on. Ann Intern Med (2004) 1.24
Trends in mental health admissions to nursing homes, 1999-2005. Psychiatr Serv (2009) 1.23
Perceptions of cost constraints, resource limitations, and rationing in United States intensive care units: results of a national survey. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.23
A problem-solving approach to stress reduction among younger women with breast carcinoma: a randomized controlled trial. Cancer (2002) 1.23
Does feeding tube insertion and its timing improve survival? J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 1.22
Opinion networks among long-term care specialists. Med Care Res Rev (2010) 1.22
Conventional and atypical antipsychotics and the risk of hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias or cardiac arrest. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.22
Decisions to forgo hospitalization in advanced dementia: a nationwide study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 1.21