Evaluation of Hospice Enrollment and Family and Unpaid Caregivers' Experiences With Health Care Workers in the Care of Older Adults During the Last Month of Life

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e203599. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3599.

Authors

Jennifer L Wolff¹, Vicki A Freedman², Katherine A Ornstein³, John F Mulcahy¹, Judith D Kasper¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Icahn School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

Abstract

This survey study assesses end-of-life caregivers’ experiences with health care workers during older adults’ last month of life.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Caregivers / psychology*
Case-Control Studies
Health Surveys
Hospice Care / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*

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