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Dementia

Dementia Comics - There's no bus map for dementia A story about living well with dementia. Artists and people living with dementia worked collaboratively on this project to...

Dementia Gateway: SCIE Dementia web resource SCIE is an independent charity, funded by the Department of Health and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern...

Dementia in Canada: A National Strategy for Dementia-friendly Communities The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology published a report on dementia in Canada that outlines...

Doloplus-2 The Doloplus-2 is used for behavioural pain assessment in cognitively impaired patients.

Ethical Foundations of Palliative Care for Alzheimer Disease Leading ethicists and clinicians from the United States and Europe explore ethical and scientific concerns about the diagnosis...

Grief, Loss, and Dementia workbook This workbook discusses ways for caregivers to understand and manage their feelings of grief and loss, to care for themselves...

Hospice Care for Patients with Advanced Progressive Dementia Addresses how hospice care leads to improved quality of life for patients with terminal dementia and their families. Discusses...

Hospice Enabled Dementia Care: The first steps A guide to help hospices establish care for people with dementia, their families and carers.

Informing the National Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias: National Survey Findings The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) conducted online surveys throughout January 2018, Alzheimer's Awareness Month,...

Late-Stage Dementia: Promoting Comfort, Compassion, and Care [Paperback] Modern medicine may offer seemingly promising treatments, but eventually, the impact of Alzheimer's disease and other causes...

HIV / AIDS

Neurological diseases

Renal failure

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions This video series, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions (HPMQ), answers tough questions you may come across while caring...

Dying at home

Education

Ethics

Evidence databases

Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning

Hospice and palliative care

Indigenous people

Interdisciplinary practice

International

Long term care