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ArticleCanadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2021

Improving End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia in LTC Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.

Sharon Kaasalainen, Lynn Mccleary, Shirin Vellani, Jose Pereira

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Article in Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sharon KaasalainenSchool of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
Lynn McclearyFaculty of Applied Health Sciences, Nursing, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON.
Shirin VellaniKITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON.
Jose PereiraDivision of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
McMaster University · CABrock University · CAUniversity Health Network · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in deaths in long-term care homes (LTCH). People with dementia living in LTCHs represent one of the most frail and marginalized populations in Canada. The surge of COVID-19 cases in LTCHs and rationing of health-care resources during the pandemic have amplified the pre-existing need for improvements in palliative and end-of-life care in LTCHs. This position statement, created by a task force commissioned by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, provides recommendations for a multipronged coordinated approach to improving palliative and end-of-life care of people with dementia living in LTCHs during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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COVID-19dementiaend-of-lifelong-term carepalliative approach

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PMID34484498
PMCPMC8390320
OpenAlexW3196586906

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