Intensity of end-of-life cancer care among seniors: Variations by principal health care provider.

The Golden Room: an innovative choice for end of life care (or) Changing the culture to allow for more end of life care options

“…Caregivers must personalize, adapt and advance from the ways they are currently trained in communication skills [4], In another study on intensive care in EOL seniors, researchers found that most measures of care intensity fell outside published benchmarks, signifying overly aggressive care. Intensity of late-life care among cancer affected seniors varies significantly by principal healthcare provider with the most intensive care shown were among those receiving combined care from Primary Care Providers (PCPs) and oncology specialists [5].…”