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Palliative care for people with dementia

01 October 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

Treating older people as individuals is a key objective of the National Service Framework for Older People, which states that older people should ‘receive...

Supporting people who have dementia to die with dignity

22 June 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article highlights some of the key themes and challenges in the empirical, policy and clinical literature on end-of-life care for people with dementia. It is...

Caring for people with end-stage dementia

25 March 2010

Nursing Older People

CPD

This article considers the role of palliative care in the management of patients with dementia. It aims to broaden the knowledge of nurses providing general care as...

End-of-Iife care for patients with dementia

01 March 2008

Nursing Older People

Care

Studies have shown that people with dementia receive sub-optimal end-of-life care (McCarthy et al, 1997; Morrison and Siu 2000; Mitchell et al, 2004). The National...

A palliative approach to care of residents with dementia

01 March 2013

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

Dementia is a progressive, life-limiting illness. People with the condition who move into a care home deserve palliative care. This article discusses an...

Using prognostic indicator guidance to plan care for final stages of life

09 July 2010

Primary Health Care

General

Primary care teams would benefit from being able to focus care where it is most needed, particularly in identifying patients nearing the end of their lives....

What support do nurses need to provide palliative care for people with dementia?

Nursing Older People

evidence & practice

The aim of this project was to identify the support required by registered nurses and unregistered healthcare support workers to provide palliative care for people...

Improving end of life care for people with dementia

30 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nurses caring for older patients across diverse settings will provide care for people with dementia approaching the end of their lives. Demographic changes mean that...

Palliative and end of life care for people with dementia

03 February 2016

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Dementia is a life-limiting condition that is largely a disease of ageing. However, older people in general, and older people with dementia in particular, have not...

Palliative and end of life care for people with advanced dementia

09 December 2020

Nursing Older People

living with advanced dementia series: 5

Despite growing understanding in recent years of the biological, psychological, social, environmental and spiritual aspects of dementia, people with advanced...

05 March 2025 / Vol 40 issue 3

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