Objectives To summarise existing knowledge of outcomes of older hospital patients with
cognitive impairment, including the type and frequency of outcomes reported, and the …

Context End-of-life care for people with dementia can be poor, involving emergency hospital
admissions, burdensome treatments of uncertain value, and undertreatment of pain and …

Background The care of elderly patients with comorbid dementia poses an increasing
challenge in the acute inpatient setting, yet there remains a lack of representative studies on …

Background Malnutrition is common in older adults and is associated with high costs and
adverse outcomes. The prevalence, predictors and outcomes of malnutrition on admission to …

Background Increasing numbers of people with dementia are presenting to acute care
facilities for management of medical conditions and co-morbidities. They require an …

Background: Older people with cognitive impairment, including dementia and delirium, are
high users of acute care services internationally. Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) …

Objective Hospitalizations of people with dementia (PWD) are often accompanied by
complications or functional loss and can lead to adverse outcomes. Unsystematic findings …

In recent years, there have been national and international policy advances around capacity
and decision-making and an apparent burgeoning rights-based approach to the issue, all of …

Aims and objectives Overall, this study aimed to describe nursing care for patients with
dementia in acute hospitals, with the objectives of describing the provided nursing care (a) …

Background Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative life-limiting disease. The
international literature indicates that patients with advanced dementia can benefit from …