An editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association issues a call action to improve the care and support to nursing patients and their families. End-of -life care for older adults in nursing home has been coupled with poor symptom control and low family satisfaction. 70 percent of the older American adults are with advanced dementia and more than one in four older adults die in a nursing home. The editorial by Kathleen Unroe, M.D., ...
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