End-of-Life Acute Care Use and Pain-Related Outcomes in Chinese-speaking Residents in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes
Chinese-speaking residents and residents in ethnic Chinese homes were more likely to be hospitalized at the end of life and die in hospitals. However, receiving care in a language-concordant environment was associated with lower odds of reporting frequent and severe pain near the end of life among Chinese-speaking LTC residents.
Authors
- Celeste Fung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1422-5759)
- Anna E. Clarke
- Peter Tanuseputro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-0795)
- Annie H. Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2002-7115)
- Patrick Quail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9745-0993)
- Amy T. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2747-4121)
- Mary Huang
- Zhimeng Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-5553)
- Prabasha Rasaputra
- Benoît Robert
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Sinai Health System (CA)
- Bruyère (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105543
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
- Health Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research