Disparities in palliative and hospice care and completion of advance care planning and directives among non-Hispanic Blacks: a scoping review of recent literature

M Bazargan, S Bazargan-Hejazi - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Published research in disparities in advance care planning, palliative, and end-
of-life care is limited. However, available data points to significant barriers to palliative and …

Serious illness conversations in ESRD

EI Mandel, RE Bernacki, SD Block - Clinical Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Dialysis-dependent ESRD is a serious illness with high disease burden, morbidity, and
mortality. Mortality in the first year on dialysis for individuals over age 75 years old …

“Don't talk to them about goals of care”: understanding disparities in advance care planning

DC Ashana, N D'Arcangelo, PK Gazarian… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Structurally marginalized groups experience disproportionately low rates of
advance care planning (ACP). To improve equitable patient-centered end-of-life care, we …

Prevalence and correlates of advance care directives among older Australians accessing health and residential aged care services: multicentre audit study

KM Detering, K Buck, R Ruseckaite, H Kelly… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives It is important that the outcomes of advance care planning (ACP) conversations
are documented and available at the point of care. Advance care directives (ACDs) are a …

Treatment decisions for older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease

SJ Rosansky, J Schell, J Shega, J Scherer, L Jacobs… - BMC nephrology, 2017 - Springer
Dialysis initiation rates among older adults, aged 75 years or greater, are increasing at a
faster rate than for younger age groups. Older adults with advanced CKD (eGFR< 30 …

[HTML][HTML] During COVID‐19, outpatient advance care planning is imperative: we need all hands on deck

BL Block, AK Smith, RL Sudore - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1. Cheung JT, Yu R, Wu Z, Wong SY, Woo J. Geriatric syndromes, multimorbidity, and
disability overlap and increase healthcare use among older Chinese. BMC Geriatr. 2018; 18 …

Advance care planning in older adults with CKD: patient, care partner, and clinician perspectives

K Ladin, I Neckermann, N D'Arcangelo… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Older patients with advanced CKD are at high risk for serious complications
and death, yet few discuss advance care planning (ACP) with their kidney clinicians …

Association between hospice length of stay, health care utilization, and medicare costs at the end of life among patients who received maintenance hemodialysis

MW Wachterman, SM Hailpern, NL Keating… - JAMA internal …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patients with end-stage renal disease are less likely to use hospice services
than other patients with advanced chronic illness. Little is known about the timing of hospice …

Perspectives of older kidney transplant recipients on kidney transplantation

J Pinter, CS Hanson, JR Chapman… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Results Six themes were identified: restoring vitality of youth (with subthemes of revived
mindset for resilience, embracing enjoyment in life, drive for self-actualization); persisting …

Advance directives and end-of-life care among nursing home residents receiving maintenance dialysis

MK Tamura, ME Montez-Rath, YN Hall… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Results In the last year of life, 36% of nursing home residents receiving dialysis had a
treatment-limiting directive, 22% had a surrogate decision-maker, and 13% had both in …