Although many nursing home residents have chronic, life-limiting conditions, most die without
the benefit of palliative care or with palliation delayed until the last days of life. The goal of …

… 5 Stillman D, Strumpf N, Capezuti E, Tuch H: Staff perceptions concerning barriers and
facilitators to end-of-life care in the nursing home. Geriatr Nurs 2005;26:259–264. Crossref, …

Background: Nearly 70% of nursing home residents are eligible for palliative care, yet few
receive formal palliative care outside of hospice. Little is known about nursing home staff …

Research shows that healthcare providers (HCPs) are not adequately prepared to provide
comfort care for patients who are at the end of life. Since the 1990s, numerous legislative, …

Background: Long-term care nurses are in a pivotal position to be augmenting the quality of
life for residents and improving the death and dying experience for residents, their family …

Research shows that nurses and nursing assistants are not sufficiently ready to give adequate
comfort care to patients who are at the end of life. The need to further improve quality of …

… Staff perceptions concerning barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care in the nursing home.
… Staff perceptions concerning barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care in the nursing home. …

… Nurs Adm Q 30: 368–72 Stillman D, Strumpf N, Capezuti E, Tuch H (2005) Staff perceptions
concerning barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care in the nursing home. Geriatr Nurs 26: …

Context To provide high-quality palliative care to nursing home residents, staff need to
understand the basic principles of palliative care. Objectives To evaluate the extent of agreement …

CONTEXT: Efforts to improve care for nursing home residents stand to be enhanced by
measures to assess the degree to which staff provide palliative care. As the incidence of death in …