Friday 25 April 2014

Dying with dementia: symptoms, treatment, and quality of life in the last week of life

Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, April 2014, vol./is. 47/4(710-20)
Hendriks SA, Smalbrugge M, Hertogh CM, van der Steen JT

The aim of this study was to investigate symptom prevalence and prescribed treatment, explore associations with quality of life (QOL) in the last week of life, and examine symptom prevalence by cause of death of nursing home residents with dementia.

Available in fulltext in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Available in print at Arthur Rank House Library, Brookfields Hospital