Palliative care interventions in advanced dementia

Murphy, Edel; Froggatt, Katherine; Connolly, Sheelah; O’Shea, Eamon; L Sampson, Elizabeth; Casey, Dympna; Devane, Declan

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd011513.pub2

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Palliative care interventions in advanced dementia

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Dec 2, 2016

Authors:

Edel Murphy

Katherine Froggatt

Sheelah Connolly

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dementia is a chronic, progressive and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease. Advanced dementia is characterised by profound cognitive impairment, inability to communicate verbally and complete functional dependence. Usual care of people with advanced dementia is not underpinned uni...

Subject

Dementia

Palliative care

Psychological intervention

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