The last week of life of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: a retrospective study

The last week of life of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Barriers to palliative care still exist in long-term care settings for older people, which can mean that people with advanced dementia may not receive of adequate palliative care in the last days of their life; instead, they may be exposed to aggressive and/or inappropriate treat...

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Main Authors: Franco Toscani, Silvia Finetti, Fabrizio Giunco, Ines Basso, Debora Rosa, Francesca Pettenati, Alessandro Bussotti, Daniele Villani, Simona Gentile, Lorenzo Boncinelli, Massimo Monti, Sandro Spinsanti, Massimo Piazza, Lorena Charrier, Paola Di Giulio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Nursing homes
Dementia
Palliative care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0510-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0510-x

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