Abstract: Background: Modeled after the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment program, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) implemented the Life-Sustaining Treatment …
Abstract: Objectives: More than 25% of deaths among older adults occur in nursing homes. Thus, assessments of nursing home quality, including the widely used 5-star rating systems, …
Abstract: Outcomes: 1. Describe gaps in five-star quality rating system in measuring nursing home end-of-life care quality. 2. Identify two areas for improvement and/or active …
Abstract: Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of delivering feedback reports to increase completion of LST notes among VA Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) teams. The Life …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: While the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has long provided hospice care within VA community living centers (CLCs, i.e., VA nursing homes), an increasing …
Abstract: Racial disparities in the quality of health care services, including end of life (EOL) care, are well-documented. While several explanations for these inequities have …
Abstract: Despite evidence that structured goals of care conversations (GoCCs) and documentation of life-sustaining treatment (LST) preferences improve the delivery of …
Abstract:Â The Veterans Administration (VA) provides several post-acute care (PAC) options for Veterans, including VA-owned nursing homes (called Community Living Centers, CLCs). …
Abstract:Â Little is known about the quality of end-of-life care for patients with advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The authors describe the relationship between patterns of …
Abstract: Importance: Medicare hospice beneficiaries discontinue disease-modifying treatments because the hospice benefit limits access. While veterans have concurrent access to …