JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 509-515 , September 2008

Neuropsychiatric Symptom Patterns in Hospice-Eligible Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

  • Karan S. Kverno, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Center for Nursing Research and Sponsored Projects, Baltimore, MD
    • The University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Karan S. Kverno, PhD, CRNP-PMH, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Center for Nursing Research, 525 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205
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  • Betty S. Black, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD
    • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD
    • The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • David M. Blass, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD
    • The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD
    • Abarbanel Mental Health Center, affiliate of The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Jeanne Geiger-Brown, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • The University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD
    • The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD
    • The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD

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 This research was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Grant #NS39810. None of the authors have any financial disclosures or conflicts of interest. The first author gratefully acknowledges the support of the Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychiatric Nursing of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Department of Psychiatry.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00131-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.04.008

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 509-515 , September 2008

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