Dtsch Arztebl Int
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Dying with dementia: symptom burden, quality of care, and place of death.
No detailed information has been available until now about the care setting, circumstances and place of death, symptom burden, and quality of care of persons with end-stage dementia in Germany. ⋯ These data indicate the high symptom burden of persons with dementia in Germany at the end of their lives. They underscore the need for proper palliative care in all of the settings where persons with dementia die. Specialized in- and outpatient palliative care should not be offered only to patients with cancer, but should rather be made available to all who need it.