Association of Prognostic Estimates With Burdensome Interventions in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia

Abstract

Proxies estimated the prognosis of nursing home residents with advanced dementia with moderate accuracy. Having been asked about their opinion about the goal of care was associated with the proxies' perception that the resident had less than 6 months to live and that perception was associated with a lower likelihood the resident experienced burdensome interventions.