SynthesisBMC palliative care2019
Hospitalization at the end of life among nursing home residents with dementia: a systematic review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Modification of Hospitalization Risk by Gender and Dementia Status Between the Ages of 85 and 95 in a German Cohort Based on Health Claims Data.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Quality of end-of-life care among individuals with and without dementia: a Swedish registry-based study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Trends in end-of-life hospitalisations of nursing home residents: a systematic review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Care Trajectories for a Cohort of First-Time Nursing Home Admissions: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study in Minnesota.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Article
- Predicting hospice eligibility among dementia patients using language models.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- End-of-life issues in older adults: Emotional and social factors that shape end-of-life experiences.Advances in psychiatry and behavioral health · 2025Article
- The Effect of Influenza Vaccination on Hospitalization and Mortality Among People With Dementia.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Review
- End-of-life care in German and Dutch nursing homes: a cross-sectional study on nursing home staff's perspective in 2022.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Implementation, barriers, and recommendations for further development of advance care planning for the last phase of life in nursing homes in Germany (Gut-Leben): protocol for a mixed-methods study.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Article
- Specific approaches to patients affected by dementia and covid-19 in nursing homes: the role of the geriatrician.Ageing research reviews · 2021Review
- Exploring costs, cost components, and associated factors among people with dementia approaching the end of life: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2021Review
- Patient safety in marginalised groups: a narrative scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHalf of nursing home residents (NHR) suffer from dementia. End-of-life hospitalizations are often burdensome in residents with dementia. A systematic review was conducted to study the occurrence of hospitalizations at the end of life in NHR with dementia and to compare these figures to NHR without dementia.
methodsA systematic literature search in MEDLINE, CINAHL and Scopus was conducted in May 2018. Studies were included if they reported proportions of in-hospital deaths or hospitalizations of NHR with dementia in the last month of life. Two authors independently selected studies, extracted data, and assessed quality of studies.
resultsNine hundred forty-five citations were retrieved; 13 studies were included. Overall, 7 studies reported data on in-hospital death with proportions ranging between 0% in Canada and 53.3% in the UK. Studies reporting on the last 30 days of life (n = 8) varied between 8.0% in the Netherlands and 51.3% in Germany. Two studies each assessed the influence of age and sex. There seem to be fewer end-of-life hospitalizations in older age groups. The influence of sex is inconclusive. All but one study found that at the end of life residents with dementia were hospitalized less often than those without (n = 6).
conclusionsWe found large variations in end-of-life hospitalizations of NHR with dementia, probably being explained by differences between countries. The influence of sex and age might differ when compared to residents without dementia. More studies should compare NHR with dementia to those without and assess the influence of sex and age.
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