Dying with dementia: what we know after more than a decade of research

JT Van der Steen - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Death with dementia is increasingly common. Although prognostication is difficult, it is an
incurable life-limiting illness for which palliative care for the patient is often appropriate …

Understanding neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: challenges and advances in diagnosis and treatment

A Pless, D Ware, S Saggu, H Rehman… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) affect up to 97% of AD
patients, with an estimated 80% of current AD patients experiencing these symptoms …

Change in quality of life in older people with dementia participating in Paro‐activity: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial

N Jøranson, I Pedersen, AMM Rokstad… - Journal of advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to investigate effects of robot‐assisted group activity with Paro
on quality of life in older people with dementia. Background Nursing home residents with …

Interventions targeting pain or behaviour in dementia: a systematic review

MJC Pieper, AH van Dalen-Kok, AL Francke… - Ageing research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Both pain and challenging behaviour are highly prevalent in dementia, and
multiple studies show that some of these behaviours may be correlated. Pain, especially in …

Optimal nonpharmacological management of agitation in Alzheimer's disease: challenges and solutions

JC Millán-Calenti, L Lorenzo-Lopez… - … interventions in aging, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Many patients with Alzheimer's disease will develop agitation at later stages of the disease,
which constitutes one of the most challenging and distressing aspects of dementia …

Needs of people with dementia in long-term care: a systematic review

MA Cadieux, LJ Garcia… - American Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
With the aging of the population and the projected increase of dementia in the coming years,
it is crucial that we understand the needs of people with dementia (PWD) in order to provide …

Impact of agitation in long‐term care residents with dementia in the United States

H Fillit, MS Aigbogun… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe characteristics and compare clinical outcomes including falls,
fractures, infections, and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) among long‐term care residents …

[HTML][HTML] Triggered palliative care for late-stage dementia: a pilot randomized trial

LC Hanson, CE Kistler, K Lavin, SL Gabriel… - Journal of pain and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Persons with late-stage dementia have limited access to palliative care. Objective
The objective of this study was to test dementia-specific specialty palliative care triggered by …

Drug therapy optimization at the end of life

AJ Cruz-Jentoft, B Boland, L Rexach - Drugs & aging, 2012 - Springer
Older people reaching end-of-life status are particularly at risk of adverse effects of drug
therapy. Polypharmacy, declining organ function, comorbidity, malnutrition, cachexia and …

Predictors of progression to severe Alzheimer's disease in an incidence sample

PV Rabins, S Schwartz, BS Black… - Alzheimer's & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Little is known about factors influencing time to severe Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Methods Incident cases of AD in the Cache County Memory Study were identified …