Palliative Care Program for Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia—Reply

Palliative Care Program for Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia—Reply

In Reply We appreciate the thoughtful letter from Drs Zhang and Wang regarding the publication of the main results of our IN-PEACE trial of palliative care integrated into dementia care management, including excellent questions and suggestions, as well as highlighting the finding of reducing ED visits and hospitalizations by half. We agree with several suggestions made by the authors for future interventions, such as a stepped-care approach to p…

Partnership aims to transform dementia’s end-of-life care

Two leading healthcare charities have revealed they will be launching five research projects that will examine how palliative care can be improved for dementia patients. The news, which was announced today (Monday 14th July), will see Marie Curie and Alzheimer’s Society work together. Currently, it is understood the partnership is worth around one million pounds. Reasons for creating the partnership have been best described by Dr Richard Oakley,…