When I Said I Wanted to Die at Home I Didn’t Mean a Nursing Home: Care Trajectories at the End of Life

摘要

Background and ObjectivesLittle is known regarding the care trajectories older adults experience at the end of life (EOL). We drew on a structural/institutional life course perspective to examine the trajectories evident among older adults transitioning through the Canadian formal long-term care system. The sequence of care transitions as well as the impact of social location, social and economic resources, and health-related factors on these trajectories were examined.