Residential aged care residents and components of end of life care in an Australian hospital

Abstract Background With ageing of Australians, the numbers of residential aged care (RAC) residents is rising. This places a spotlight on decisions about appropriate care for this population, including hospitalisation and end-of-life (EOL) care. The aim was to study a sample of RAC residents who at...

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Main Authors: Laurence Jee Peng Leong, Gregory Brian Crawford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-018-0337-x