Palliative care for persons with dementia

Home Healthc Nurse. 2003 Jan;21(1):53-60; quiz 61. doi: 10.1097/00004045-200301000-00012.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Communication
  • Community Health Nursing / methods*
  • Community Health Nursing / standards
  • Dementia / nursing*
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Empathy
  • Family / psychology
  • Home Care Services*
  • Humans
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Assessment / methods
  • Palliative Care / methods*
  • Palliative Care / psychology
  • Palliative Care / standards
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Quality of Life