2024
High-Intensity Care for Nursing Home Residents with Severe Dementia Hospitalized at the End of Life: A Mixed Methods Study
Cohen A, McDonald W, O'Leary J, Omer Z, Fried T. High-Intensity Care for Nursing Home Residents with Severe Dementia Hospitalized at the End of Life: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2024, 25: 871-875. PMID: 38462230, PMCID: PMC11065599, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNursing home residentsHigh-intensity careSevere dementiaMixed methods studyHome residentsIntensive care unit transferVeterans AffairsIntensive care unitMethods studyHealth system-level factorsDepartment of Veterans AffairsMinimum Data SetEnd of lifeSystem-level factorsNon-Hispanic whitesEnd-of-lifeElectronic medical recordsQualitative content analysisNursing homesLiving willsVA hospitalsHigh-intensity treatmentIdentified veteransNursesPatient preferences
2022
Giving up on the objective of providing goal‐concordant care: Advance care planning for improving caregiver outcomes
Fried TR. Giving up on the objective of providing goal‐concordant care: Advance care planning for improving caregiver outcomes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 70: 3006-3011. PMID: 35974460, PMCID: PMC9588724, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningGoal-concordant careCaregiver outcomesCare planningAdvance directivesPost-traumatic stress disorderEnd of lifeAdverse outcomesPatient goalsPatient Self-Determination ActElevated riskPatient's life storyAppropriate careSelf-Determination ActStress disorderCareCaregiversHealthcare agentsOutcomesPatientsFacilitation of communicationPrimary objectiveCritical determinantClinicians
2001
Documentation of discussions about prognosis with terminally ill patients
Bradley E, Hallemeier A, Fried T, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Cherlin E, Kasl S, Horwitz S. Documentation of discussions about prognosis with terminally ill patients. The American Journal Of Medicine 2001, 111: 218-223. PMID: 11530033, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(01)00798-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll patientsMedical recordsDocumentation of discussionInoperable lung cancerStandardized abstraction formAdvance care planningLife-sustaining treatmentEnd of lifeClinical factorsMedical chartsIll inpatientsLung cancerCommunity hospitalResuscitate ordersAbstraction formCare planningGall bladderPatientsPrognosisFuture careFamily preferencesInpatientsCancerTreatmentPrevious studies
2000
Attitudes about Care at the End of Life among Clinicians: A Quick, Reliable, and Valid Assessment Instrument
Bradley E, Cicchetti D, Fried T, Rousseau D, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Kasl S, Horwitz S. Attitudes about Care at the End of Life among Clinicians: A Quick, Reliable, and Valid Assessment Instrument. Journal Of Palliative Care 2000, 16: 6-14. PMID: 10802958, DOI: 10.1177/082585970001600103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd of lifeCross-sectional studyQuality of careAcceptable test-retest reliabilityTest-retest reliabilityClinicians' attitudesNurses' attitudesTerminal careAssessment instrumentsTerminal illnessGeneral medicineGeriatric medicineValid assessment instrumentsCareImpact of initiativesCliniciansEducational programsMedicinePatientsIllnessPhysiciansOncologyCardiologyLife