Palliative care for persons with dementia.
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.
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School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 1122 Garden Creek Circle, Louisville, KY 40223, USA. barbara.head@louisville. edu
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life