title: Institutional efforts to promote advance care planning in nursing homes: challenges and opportunities.
abstract: In an empirical study of Connecticut-area for-profit and nonprofit nursing homes, authors examine use of institution-specific advance care planning forms among nursing home residents.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Blechner
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Wetle
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D019726:Patient Self-Determination Act; D011996:Records; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States