Carola Roβmeier, Julia Hartmann, Lina Riedl, Bianca Dorn, Julia Fischer, Florentine Hartmann, Silvia Egert-Schwender, Victoria Kehl, Helga Schneider-Schelte, Ralf J Jox, Andreas Dinkel, Janine Diehl-Schmid
BACKGROUND: End of life symptoms and symptom management as well as the quality of dying (QoD) of persons with advanced dementia (PWAD) have not yet been systematically studied in Germany. OBJECTIVE: 1) To investigate symptoms, treatment and care at the end of life, advance care planning, and circumstances of death of recently deceased PWAD; 2) To determine whether there are differences between young and late onset dementia (YOD and LOD). METHODS: The study was performed in the context of the project EPYLOGE (IssuEs in Palliative care for persons in advanced and terminal stages of Young-onset and Late-Onset dementia in Germany)...
2021: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease: JAD