Palliative Care in Advanced Dementia: Comparison of Strategies in Three Countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11120%2F21%3A43921451" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11120/21:43921451 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020044" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020044</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020044" target="_blank" >10.3390/geriatrics6020044</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Palliative Care in Advanced Dementia: Comparison of Strategies in Three Countries

Original language description

Palliative care including hospice care is appropriate for advanced dementia, but policy initiatives and implementation have lagged, while treatment may vary. We compare care for people with advanced dementia in the United States (US), The Netherlands, and Israel. We conducted a narrative literature review and expert physician consultation around a case scenario focusing on three domains in the care of people with advanced dementia: (1) place of residence, (2) access to palliative care, and (3) treatment. We found that most people with advanced dementia live in nursing homes in the US and The Netherlands, and in the community in Israel. Access to specialist palliative and hospice care is improving in the US but is limited in The Netherlands and Israel. The two data sources consistently showed that treatment varies considerably between countries with, for example, artificial nutrition and hydration differing by state in the US, strongly discouraged in The Netherlands, and widely used in Israel. We conclude that care in each country has positive elements: hospice availability in the US, the general palliative approach in The Netherlands, and home care in Israel. National Dementia Plans should include policy regarding palliative care, and public and professional awareness must be increased.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30227 - Geriatrics and gerontology

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geriatrics

ISSN

2308-3417

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

44

UT code for WoS article

000665126700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85106162702