Background The majority of deaths in the UK occur in acute hospitals, and older people
have the highest hospital death rates. Improved palliative care for older people has been …

Palliative medicine is the study and management of patients with active, far advanced
disease for whom the prognosis is limited and the focus of care is quality of life. It is …

Background: The concept of a 'good death'involves end-of-life care in an appropriate setting
and in keeping with the person's preferences. Limited research has examined the …

Societies throughout the world are ageing and the proportion of people over 85 years of age
is increasingly rapidly. In many countries a significant number of frail older people live in …

Historically, palliative care services have been closely related to oncology but over time
gradually extended to other conditions. As a result of recent scientific advances in the field of …

Knowledge about the quality of end-of-life care in the elderly patient in Europe is
fragmented. The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Geriatric Palliative …

Many people prefer to be cared for and die at home in their familiar surroundings (1–3).
However, previous research has shown that many patients are not able to die at their place …

All demographic forecasts indicate that the number of elderly is going to increase. In 2020,
there will be six million (of 75.2 million) people over 85 years of age in France, and 21,000 …

Purpose The Model for Dementia Palliative Care Project will develop a service-delivery
model for community-based dementia palliative care. Many countries provide dementia …

A recent, credible report revealed that older persons globally will soon outnumber children
under the age of 5 (1). This is only the latest in a growing number of reports to illustrate that …