Better palliative care for people with a dementia: summary of interdisciplinary workshop highlighting current gaps and recommendations for future research.

摘要

: Dementia is the most common neurological disorder worldwide and is a life-limiting condition, butudvery often is not recognised as such. People with dementia, and their carers, have been shown to have palliativeudcare needs equal in extent to those of cancer patients. However, many people with advanced dementia are notudroutinely being assessed to determine their palliative care needs, and it is not clear why this is so