Executive summary The number of older people, including those living with dementia, is
rising, as younger age mortality declines. However, the age-specific incidence of dementia …

Background: The European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defined optimal
palliative care in dementia based on evidence and expert consensus. Yet, we know little on …

Background The long-term and often lifelong relationship of general practitioners (GPs) with
their patients is considered to make them the ideal initiators of advance care planning …

Background Advance care planning is considered a central component of good quality
palliative care and especially relevant for people who lose the capacity to make decisions at …

OBJECTIVES: There is a lack of large-scale, nationwide data describing clinical
characteristics and quality of dying of nursing home residents dying with dementia. We set …

Background Many people who might benefit from specialist palliative care services are not
using them. Aim We examined the use of these services and the reasons for not using them …

Background People with advanced dementia often experience suboptimal end of life care
(EoLC) with inadequate pain control, increased hospitalisation, and fewer palliative care …

Hearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one‐quarter of adults aged
60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about …

Context Effective communication is central to high-quality end-of-life care. Objectives This
study examined the prevalence of general practitioner (GP)-patient discussion of end-of-life …

Background: Transitions between care settings may be related to poor quality in end-of-life
care. Yet there is a lack of cross-national population-based data on transitions at the end of …