Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Mar 2018
ReviewCaring for a family member or friend with dementia at the end of life: A scoping review and implications for palliative care practice.
Although people with dementia receive substantial care from informal sources, there is limited research available that investigates how these carers experience end-of-life care. ⋯ Palliative care services would benefit from ensuring holistic approaches to supporting people with dementia, their carers and wider family networks. Tailoring services to the specific context of dementia would enable effective, personalised support throughout extended periods leading up to care recipient death as well as through the challenges faced beyond bereavement.
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Palliative medicine · Mar 2018
ReviewCaring for a family member or friend with dementia at the end of life: A scoping review and implications for palliative care practice.
Although people with dementia receive substantial care from informal sources, there is limited research available that investigates how these carers experience end-of-life care. ⋯ Palliative care services would benefit from ensuring holistic approaches to supporting people with dementia, their carers and wider family networks. Tailoring services to the specific context of dementia would enable effective, personalised support throughout extended periods leading up to care recipient death as well as through the challenges faced beyond bereavement.