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Study Finds Hospice Improves Care for Dementia Patients
Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care for nursing home patients dying of dementia and the support offered to their families, according to a recent study of hundreds of bereaved family members.
"People whose loved ones received hospice care reported an improved quality of care, and had a perception that the quality of dying was improved as well," said Dr. Joan Teno, a Brown University gerontologist and the lead author of the study published on-line in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Among the report's key findings:
•Family members of hospice recipients were 51% less likely to report unmet needs and concerns with quality of care.
•They were 49% less likely to report an unmet need for management of pain.
•They were 50% less likely to have wanted more emotional support before their loved one's death.
•They rated the peacefulness of dying and the quality of dying more positively than families whose loved ones did not receive hospice care.
"The study provides new evidence that hospice offers a meaningful benefit to nursing home residents with dementia and their families," Teno said.
"People whose loved ones received hospice care reported an improved quality of care, and had a perception that the quality of dying was improved as well," said Dr. Joan Teno, a Brown University gerontologist and the lead author of the study published on-line in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Among the report's key findings:
•Family members of hospice recipients were 51% less likely to report unmet needs and concerns with quality of care.
•They were 49% less likely to report an unmet need for management of pain.
•They were 50% less likely to have wanted more emotional support before their loved one's death.
•They rated the peacefulness of dying and the quality of dying more positively than families whose loved ones did not receive hospice care.
"The study provides new evidence that hospice offers a meaningful benefit to nursing home residents with dementia and their families," Teno said.
