Palliative Care Publications

 Feeding problems in advanced dementia 

1. Mitchell SL,  Kiely DK, Lipsitz LA. The risk factors and impact on survival of feeding tubes in nursing home residents with severely advanced dementia. Arch Int Med 1997;157:327-332. Read More >
   
2. Mitchell SL,  Kiely DK, Lipsitz LA. Does artificial enteral nutrition prolong the survival of institutionalized elders with chewing and swallowing problems? J Gerontol: Med Sci 1998;53A(3):M207-213. Read More >
   
3. Mitchell SL, Lawson FME, Decision-making for long-term tube-feeding in the cognitively impaired elderly. CMAJ 1999;160:1705-10. Read More>
   
   
4. Mitchell SL, Lawson FME, Berkowitz RA, Lipsitz LA. A cross national survey of decision for long-term tube-feeding in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48:391-397. Read More>
   
   
5. Mitchell SL,Tetroe JM. Survival after percutaneous endscopic gastrostomy placement. J Gerontol: Med Sci 2000;55A:M735-M739. Read More>
   
   
6. Mitchell SL, Kiely DK. A cross national study of tube-feeding: the impact of contrasting health care systems. J Amer Med Dir Assoc 2001;2:10-14. Read More>
   
   
7.  Mitchell SL, Tetroe J, O'Connor AM. A decision aid for long-term tube-feeding in cognitively impaired older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49:313-316. Read More>
   
   
8. Gillick MR, Mitchell SL. Facing eating difficulties in end-stage dementia. Alzheimer's Care Quarterly 2002;3(3):227-232. 
   
   
9. Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Gillick MR. Nursing home characteristics associated with tube-feeding in advanced cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:75-79. Read More>
   
   
10. Mitchell SL, Buchanan J, Littlehale S, Hamel MB. Tube-Feeding versus hand-feeding nursing home residents with advanced dementia: a cost comparison. J Amer Med Dir Assoc. 2003;4:27-33.  Read More>
    
     
11. Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Roy J, Kabumoto G, Mor V. A national study of the clinical and organizational determinants of tube-feeding among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. JAMA 2003;290:73-80.  Read More>
    
    
12. Mitchell SL. Financial incentives to place feeding tubes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:129-131.  Read More>
    
    
13. Kiely DK, Mitchell SL, Marlow A, Murphy KM, Morris JNM. Ethnic differences in advance directives in nursing home residents: a multi-state comparison. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49:1346-1352.  Read More>
    
    
14. Mitchell SL. Clinical crossroads: a 93-year-old man with advanced dementia and eating problems. JAMA 2007;298:2527-2536.

1. Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Hamel MB. Dying with advanced dementia in the nursing home. Arch Int Med 2004;164:321-326.  Read More>
   
2. Mitchell SL, Morris JN, Park PS, Fries BE. Terminal care for persons with advanced dementia in the nursing home and home care settings. J Pall Med 2004;7:808-816.  Read More>
3. Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Miller SC, Mor V. A national study of the location of death for older persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:299-305.  Read More>
   
4. Chen J, Lamberg JL, Chen Y, Kiely DK, Page JH, Person CJ, Mitchell SL, Occurrence and treatment of suspected pneumonia in long-term care residents dying with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54:290-295.  Read More > 
5. Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Jones RN, Prigerson H, Volicer L, Teno JM. Advanced dementia research in the nursing home: the CASCADE study. Alz Dis Assoc Disord 2006;20:166-175.  Read More> 
6. Kiely DK, Volicer L, Teno JM, Jones RN, Prigerson HG, Mitchell SL. The validity and reliability of scales for the evaluation of end-of-life care in advanced dementia. Alz Dis Assoc Disord 2006;20:176-186.  Read More>
7. Chen, J, Chan D, Kiely DK, Morris JN,  Mitchell SL. Terminal trajectories of functional decline in the long-term care setting. J. Gerontol 2007;62:531-536.  Read More> 
8. Lamberg JL, Person CJ, Kiely DK, Mitchell SL, Decisions to hospitalize nursing home residents dying with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:1396-1401.  Read More> 
9. Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Intrator O, Feng Z, Mor V. Decisions to forego hospitalization in advanced dementia: A nationwide study. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2007;55:432-38.  Read More>

1. Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Hamel MB, Park PS, Morris JN. Estimating prognosis for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. JAMA 2004;291:2734-2740. Read More>
2. van der Steen JT, Mitchell SL, Frijters DHM, Kruse RL, Ribbe MW. Prediction of six-month mortality in nursing home residents with advanced dementia: validity of a risk score. J Amer Med Dir Assoc 2007;8:464-468.  Read More>
   
   
3. D'Agata E, Mitchell SL, Antimicrobial utilization patterns among nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Arch Int Med 2008; 168:357-362.  

1. Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Miller SC, Connor SR, Spence C, Teno JM. Hospice care for patients with dementia. J Pain Sympt Manage 2007;34:7-16.  Read More>
   
   
2. Rhodes RL, Mitchell SL, Miller SC, Connor SR, Teno JM. Bereaved family members' evaluation of hospice care:  what factors influence overall satisfaction with services? J Pain Sympt Manage 2007, in press.   

1. Engel S,  Kiely DK, Mitchell SL. Satisfaction with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2006;54:1567-72.  Read More>
   
   
2. Zhang B, Mitchell SL, Bambauer KZ, Jones RN, Prigerson HG, Depressive symptom trajectories and associated risks among bereaved Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Am J Geriatr Psych 2007, in press.  

1. Gillick MR, Mitchell SL.  A framework for reforming Medicare. J Aging Soc Policy 2004;16:1-12.