In the Republic of Ireland, just over 27,000 people die each year. Just over three-quarters of
them are more than 65 years old (1). This is comparable to the situation in the United …

" Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of
Old Age and National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville and consultant psychiatrist for …

Background: Patients with dementia often receive poor end-of-life care, with inadequate
pain control and without access to the palliative care services that patients with cancer are …

Palliative care is an approach that stands well with the aims of person-centred dementia
care. There is no doubt that the standards of care for many people with advanced dementia …

Background: Large-scale nationwide data describing the end-of-life characteristics of older
people with dementia are lacking. This paper describes the dying process and end-of-life …

Background There is a growing emphasis on the importance of availability of specialist
palliative care for people living with dementia. However, for people imminently dying with …

A third of the elderly population dies with dementia. This poses major and partly unmet
needs on relatives, professional carers and medical specialists. Our review summarizes …

Palliative care seems the right approach to dementia, except that it suggests a dichotomy
between cure and care. As in cancer care, supportive care provides a broader framework …

Background The majority of people with dementia in the UK die in care homes. The quality
of end of life care in these environments is often suboptimal. The aim of the present study …

With growing numbers of people dying with, and from, dementia there is a need for
professionals and health-care organisations to review the access to and provision of …