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| Palliative care for dementia sufferers | | Corporate Author | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1695, 18 October 2007 |
| Pages | pp 38-39 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Terminal care ; Pain ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) presents a few facts and figures on the effects of dementia, and points to sources such as the SCIE/NICE Guidelines on dementia, the NHS End of life programme (www.endoflifecare.nhs.uk) and the National Council for Palliative Care (www.ncpc.org.uk). Short abstracts on five recent items are included: 'An integrated approach to dementia care', by Kim Y Kye and Brian E Wood (Dementia: an international journal of social research and practice, vol 6, no 2, May 2007); 'End-of-life decision making for nursing home residents with dementia: a survey of nursing home social services staff', by Debra Lacey (Health and Social Work, vo 31, no 3, August 2006);'Palliative care in severe dementia in association with nursing and residential care', by Julian Hughes (MA Healthcare, 2006); 'Exploring palliative care for people with dementia: a discussion document' (NCPC, 2006); and 'Ethical foundations of palliative care for Alzheimer's disease', by Ruth Purtilo and Henk Have (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071030202 A |
| Classmark | EA: LV: CT7: 64A * |
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