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 …

Background Nursing staff caring for people with dementia have a crucial role in addressing
palliative care needs and identifying changes in health status. Palliative care for people with …

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 …

This paper provides an overview of the evidence on the perspective of health care
professionals (HCPs) in relation to advance care planning (ACP) for people with dementia …

Background: The evidence underpinning palliative care in dementia is mostly based on
research in older populations. Little is known about the palliative care needs of people with …

Background Interventions to improve palliative care encounter challenges beyond the usual
implementation problems because of palliative care's complex and changing character. In …

An estimated 33.9 million people are living with dementia worldwide. The overall estimated
median survival time from onset of dementia to death is 4.1 years for men and 4.6 years for …

Background: It is reported that, given the right support, most people would prefer to die at
home, yet a very small minority of people with dementia do so. At present, knowledge gaps …

Resumen SLACHEVSKY CH, Andrea; ABUSLEME L, Mª Teresa y ARENAS MASSA,
Ángela. Cuidados paliativos en personas con demencia severa: reflexiones y desafíos. Rev …

Background: Palliative research studies seem to be limited and disperse in Iran. The present
study was therefore conducted to review and categorize the Palliative Care (PC) studies …