title: Recognizing dementia as a terminal illness in nursing home residents: Comment on "Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia".
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. Anna.Chang2@va.gov
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Louise C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents