When should patients with dementia receive palliative care?

(Wiley) Patients with dementia may benefit from being referred to specialist palliative care--a branch of medicine that focuses on optimizing quality of life and providing relief from symptoms--but who should be referred, and when? A recent analysis of published studies on the topic found a lack of consensus regarding referral criteria for palliative care in patients with dementia. The results are published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news