Background: People with dementia do not always receive good quality end-of-life care, with
undertreated pain, aggressive medical interventions and limited access to hospice care …

Although numerous studies have been conducted previously on the needs of cancer
patients at the end of their life, there is a lack of studies focused on older patients with non …

Background Family carers of people living with dementia often need support with making
decisions about care. Many find end‐of‐life care decisions particularly difficult. The aim of …

Background: Dementia is a life limiting illness and is becoming a major cause of death in
developed countries. Many people with dementia die in nursing homes or long-term …

Approaches to palliative care that were originally developed for people with cancer are now
being adopted for people with dementia, as a response to many reports of poor‐quality care …

Background: People with dementia have been described as the 'disadvantaged dying'with
poor end-of-life care. Towards the end of life, people with dementia cannot report on the …

Limited research takes a socio-biographical approach to study the experiences and
perspectives of individuals affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The …

Objectives: There is a growing consensus worldwide that palliative care needs to be both
more inclusive of conditions other than cancer and to improve. This paper explores some …

Background: Although people with dementia receive substantial care from informal sources,
there is limited research available that investigates how these carers experience end-of-life …

Background Substitute decision makers are important for people with advanced dementia,
particularly at the end of life. Substitute decision makers report issues in providing support …