Table 3.

Residents’ Specified Treatment Wishes for End-of-Life Care (n=81)

Treatment Wishes	Wants	Forbids	Conditional or Time-Limited	Unclear / Contradictory	No Preference Stated
	%	%	%	%	%
Supportive Care
Food by mouth	13.6a	3.7b	0.0	0.0	82.7
Water by mouth	13.6a	3.7b	0.0	0.0	82.7
Comfort care	35.8	0.0	0.0	3.7	60.5
Pain treatment	40.7	2.5	0.0	4.9	51.9
Hospice	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	97.5
Active Treatment Interventions
Artificial nutrition & hydration	7.4	46.9	6.2	0.0	39.5
Tube feeding	1.2	9.9	0.0	0.0	88.9
Ventilator	0.0	12.4	1.2	0.0	86.4
Antibiotics	0.0	8.6c	1.2	0.0	91.4
Dialysis	0.0	8.6c	1.2	0.0	91.4
Hospitalization	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0

^aSame patients.

^bSame patients.

^cSame patients.