Hospice Effect on Government Expenditures among Nursing Home Residents

Hospice use among nursing home patients.

OBJECTIVES Among hospice patients who lived in nursing homes, we sought to: (1) report trends in hospice use over time, (2) describe factors associated with very long hospice stays (>6 months), and (3) describe hospice utilization patterns. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We conducted a retrospective study from an urban, Midwest cohort of hospice patients, aged ≥ 65 years, who lived in nurs...

Antipsychotic use among nursing home residents.

in the contemporary era, in a trial of 45 852 patients with acute MI, neither a composite outcome of death, reinfarction, or cardiac arrest nor death was significantly reduced by metoprolol compared with placebo. More recent trials suggest that long-term -blocker use is not a necessity for patients without heart failure. While it is true that many patients were excluded from the propensity scor...

Effect of micronutrient supplementation on mood in nursing home residents.

One third of older people in nursing and/or residential homes have significant symptoms of depression. In younger people, deficiencies in selenium, vitamin C and folate are associated with depression. This study examines the association between micronutrient status and mood before and after supplementation. The objective was to determine whether the administration of selenium, vitamin C and fol...

Nursing Home Residents

Effect of systematic review of medication by general practitioner on drug consumption among nursing-home residents.

BACKGROUND nursing-home patients usually have many medical problems and often take many drugs. They are therefore at risk from drug side effects and interactions. AIMS to evaluate the impact of a visit by a general practitioner and a comprehensive repeat prescribing review on the consumption of inappropriate drugs in nursing homes. METHOD two general practitioners made one comprehensive vis...