Response to Letters to the Editor the Imperative for Person-Centered Care: Focus on Assessing and Working With LTC Residents Rather Than Percent of People on Medication Without Data on Appropriate Use and Problems With DICE and BPSD

The response letter by Nash et  al to our recent article1 raises the concern that the palliative care “lens” was missing from the patient vignette. We would note that the case described a patient who has moderate dementia and thus, we would not consider this person to have “advanced” illness. We agree that more attention is needed to understand when the person living with dementia is approaching end of life, as this can be difficult to ascertain in the course of an illness that can last up to a decade.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - January 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Helen C. Kales, Laura N. Gitlin, Constantine G. Lyketsos Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research