Palliative and end of life care of dementia at home is feasible and rewarding: Results from the 'hope for home' study

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-347

  Treloar, Adrian ^a   Crugel, Monica ^b   Adamis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Memorial Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care at home; Carers; Dementia; Dying; End of life; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949145609     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209104975     Document Type: Article

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