Death with dementia is increasingly common. Although prognostication is difficult, it is an
incurable life-limiting illness for which palliative care for the patient is often appropriate …

Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States. This article outlines the current
understanding of advanced dementia and identifies research priorities for the next decade …

Context Estimating life expectancy is challenging in advanced dementia, potentially limiting
the use of hospice care in these patients. Objective To prospectively validate and compare …

Importance Infection management in advanced dementia has important implications for (1)
providing high-quality care to patients near the end of life and (2) minimizing the public …

Background: According to safety alerts from the US Food and Drug Administration,
pneumonia is one of the most frequently reported causes of death in elderly patients with …

CONTEXT: Estimating life expectancy is challenging in advanced dementia. OBJECTIVES:
To create a risk score to estimate survival in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced …

Objectives This study aims to (1) review machine learning (ML)-based models for early
infection diagnostic and prognosis prediction in post-acute care (PAC) settings,(2) identify …

Dementia patients frequently die after a pneumonia or prolonged intake problems.
Maintaining comfort is a goal of palliative care in end-stage dementia. To compare …

Background Accurate prognosis is vital to the initiation of advance care planning particularly
in a vulnerable, at risk population such as care home residents. The aim of this paper is to …

Objectives To describe observations of suffering in patients with dementia from the
diagnosis of pneumonia until cure or death. Design Prospective observational study …