CHICAGO: Hospice care may start closer to the end of life for residents of assisted living facilities than for people receiving care at home, a recent study finds.
Assisted living facility residents may also be less likely to receive opiate painkillers to ease discomfort in their final days, and less likely to die in an inpatient hospice unit.
“These findings point out the importance of thinking carefully about the advantages and disadvantages of care settings,” lead study author…