Life-sustaining treatment decisions and family evaluations of end-of-life care for Veteran decedents in Department of Veterans Affairs nursing homes.
Cari R LevyAryan EsmaeiliDawn SmithRobert V HogikyanVyjeyanthi S PeriyakoilJoan G CarpenterAnne SalesCiaran S PhibbsAndrew MurrayMary J ErsekPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
Among Community Living Center (CLC) decedents, 89% had documented LST preferences. No significant differences were observed in family ratings of care between Veterans with and without documentation of LST preferences. Interventions aimed at improving family ratings of end-of-life care quality in CLCs should not target LST documentation in isolation of other factors associated with higher family ratings of end-of-life care quality.