Palliative Care for Persons With Dementia
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Home Healthcare Now
- Vol. 21 (1), 53-60
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004045-200301000-00012
Abstract
Home care and hospice nurses provide invaluable care for patients with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. Often these patients have advanced disease and may be approaching the end of life. This article describes a palliative care approach to providing comprehensive assessment, care planning, and interventions enhancing the functioning and quality of life for both the patient and family coping with this illness.Keywords
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