End-of-life care standards for people with dementia

From the CARDI (Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland) Grants Program Research Brief, January 2100, this This briefing is based on the findings of a research project by Cahill et al. (2010), funded under CARDI’s Grants Programme, to identify key issues in end-of-life care for dementia and to produce a set of guidelines for end-of-life care for residents with dementia in care homes in Ireland, North and South.

The authors argue that a set of guidelines to assist nursing homes in developing policies and practices in end-of-life care for residents with dementia may provide a useful basis for comparison with international best practice. The guidelines developed by the authors of the research project may also help individual institutions to
review their practice and delivery of care to this particularly vulnerable group of residents.

http://www.cardi.ie/publications/endoflifecarestandardsforpeoplewithdementia