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Educating Nursing Home Staff About the Progression of Dementia and the Comfort Care Option: Impact on Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care

  • Marcel Arcand, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Marcel Arcand, MD, MSc, Department of Family Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, 1036 Belvedere sud, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 4C4 Canada
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  • Johanne Monette, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Solidage-McGill University/Université de Montréal research group on integrated services for older persons, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community studies, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michèle Monette, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Solidage-McGill University/Université de Montréal research group on integrated services for older persons, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community studies, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Nadia Sourial, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Solidage-McGill University/Université de Montréal research group on integrated services for older persons, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community studies, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Lynn Fournier, N MSc

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Brian Gore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Howard Bergman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Solidage-McGill University/Université de Montréal research group on integrated services for older persons, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community studies, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

published online 11 December 2008.

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 This project was financially supported by Foundation Maimonides Geriatric Centre.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00266-1

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2008.07.008

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