ReviewThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2018
Complex Clinical Intersection: Palliative Care in Patients with Dementia.
Review in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Palliative Care for People With Very Severe to Extreme Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Exploring palliative care access among older adults in Saudi Arabia: implications for nursing practice.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Thinking About It All Together: A Descriptive Analysis to Understand Comorbidities in People Living With Dementia.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Trends in palliative care utilization among older adult decedents with and without cancer in Taiwan: a population-based comparative study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- A palliative care goals model for people with dementia and their family: Consensus achieved in an international Delphi study.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Geriatric Psychiatrists' Perspectives on Palliative Care: Results From A National Survey.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2024Article
- Physicians' decreased tendency to choose palliative care for patients with advanced dementia between 1999 and 2015.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease by Time-Dependent Power Spectrum Descriptors and Convolutional Neural Network Using EEG Signal.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2021Article
- Dementia Care at End of Life: Current Approaches.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
Because of the rapidly growing older population and increases in longevity, rates of dementia have been rising. Clinical challenges of treating dementia include limited resources and lack of curative therapies. Palliative care approaches improve quality of life and alleviate suffering for dementia patients at the end of life, although implementation may be limited by societal acceptance and feasibility. This review examines the published literature on pain assessments, pain and behavior interventions, tools for advanced care planning, and clinical concerns in dementia patients. Ultimately, modification of the traditional palliative care model may improve outcomes and functioning for dementia patients at all stages of their illness.
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