Are older long term care residents accurately prognosticated and consequently informed about their prognosis? Results from SHELTER study data in 5 European countries.
Maud Ten KoppelBregje D Onwuteaka-PhilipsenH Roeline PasmanRoberto BernabeiIain CarpenterMichael D DenkingerGraziano OnderHenriëtte G van der RoestEva TopinkovaHein P J van HoutPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The great majority of residents close to death did not receive an accurate prognosis. Prognostication tools might help clinicians to increase their prognostic accuracy and communication training might help to discuss prognosis with residents.