Table 3.
Palliative Care Improvement Recommendations for Elderly Residents of 2 Assisted Living Facilities (N = 50)
| Recommendation Category | No. | Percent |
| Mobility problem, fall risk | 65 | 26 |
| Advance directive | 43 | 17 |
| Vision problem | 30 | 12 |
| Hearing problem | 28 | 11 |
| Symptoms (eg, pain) | 21 | 8 |
| Dementia, cognitive problem | 17 | 7 |
| Depression | 14 | 6 |
| Urinary incontinence | 7 | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 29 | 11 |
| Total | 254 | 100 |
* Recommendations were often addressed to more than 1 person (eg, resident, family caregiver, physician) and could include more than 1 recommendation per category. For this analysis, a separate recommendation was recorded for each targeted person in such cases.