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- Title
Advance Directives among Nursing Home Residents with Mild, Moderate, and Advanced Dementia.
- Authors
Tjia, Jennifer; Dharmawardene, Marisa; Givens, Jane L.
- Abstract
Objective: To describe prevalence and content of AD documentation among NH residents by dementia stage. Background: The prevalence of advance directives (ADs) among nursing home (NH) residents with mild, moderate, and advanced dementia remains unclear. Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional study of all licensed NHs in five U.S. states. Subjects included all long-stay (>90 day) NH residents with dementia, aged ≥65 years, and a Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) score ≥1 from the 2007 to 2008 Minimum Data Set 2.0 ( n = 180,621). Dementia severity was classified as follows: mild (CPS 1-2), moderate (CPS 3-4), and advanced (CPS 5-6). Measurements: ADs were defined as the presence of a living will, do-not-resuscitate order, do-not-hospitalize order, medication restriction, or feeding restriction). Results: Overall, 59% of residents had any AD and 17% had a living will. Prevalence of any AD increased by dementia severity: mild (51.2%), moderate (58.2%), and advanced (61.5%) ( p < 0.001). In adjusted analysis, resident characteristics associated with any AD documentation included older age, female gender, being white, and having more severe dementia. Having a living will was associated with higher education (≥high school graduate vs. some high school or less) and being married. Discussion: While dementia severity was associated with greater likelihood of having documented any AD, almost 4 in 10 residents with dementia lacked any AD. Effective outreach may focus efforts on subgroups with lower odds of any AD or living wills, including non-white, less educated, and unmarried NH residents. A greater understanding of how such factors impact care planning will help to address barriers to patient-centered care for this population.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AGE distribution; DEMENTIA; MARITAL status; NURSING home patients; RACE; EDUCATIONAL attainment; CROSS-sectional method; POPULATION-based case control
- Publication
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 1, p16
- ISSN
1096-6218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2016.0473