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Conceptualizing Alzheimer's disease as a terminal medical illness.

Gisele Wolf-Klein1, Renee Pekmezaris, Lisa Chin, Joseph Weiner.   

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is a common illness of the elderly population, with an estimated prevalence of 4.5 million people in the United States and 24.3 million worldwide. Despite current pharmaceutic advances in delaying disease progression, there is no cure. This article reviews the evidence for conceptualizing Alzheimer's disease as a terminal medical illness. Discussed are principles of palliative care as applied to the patient with Alzheimer's disease and the patient's family.

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Year:  2007        PMID： 17347512     DOI： 10.1177/1049909106295297

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Hosp Palliat Care        ISSN： 1049-9091            Impact factor:   2.500


  5 in total

1.  [Statement of the Austrian Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology on assisted suicide in older people : Decree of the Austrian Constitutional Court from December 11th 2020 on assisted suicide-Perspective of geriatrics and gerontology].

Authors:  Thomas Frühwald; Georg Pinter
Journal:  Z Gerontol Geriatr       Date:  2021-07       Impact factor: 1.281

2.  Follow-up for Alzheimer patients: European Alzheimer Disease Consortium position paper.

Authors:  F Nourhashémi; M G Olde Rikkert; A Burns; B Winblad; G B Frisoni; J Fitten; B Vellas
Journal:  J Nutr Health Aging       Date:  2010-02       Impact factor: 4.075

3.  Dying with dementia in long-term care.

Authors:  Philip D Sloane; Sheryl Zimmerman; Christianna S Williams; Laura C Hanson
Journal:  Gerontologist       Date:  2008-12

Review 4.  The application of palliative care in dementia.

Authors:  Masoumeh Pandpazir; Mozhdeh Tajari
Journal:  J Family Med Prim Care       Date:  2019-02

5.  RADPAC-PD: A tool to support healthcare professionals in timely identifying palliative care needs of people with Parkinson's disease.

Authors:  Herma Lennaerts-Kats; Jenny T van der Steen; Zefanja Vijftigschild; Maxime Steppe; Marjan J Meinders; Marten Munneke; Bastiaan R Bloem; Kris C P Vissers; Marieke M Groot
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2020-04-21       Impact factor: 3.240
  5 in total

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