Category Archives: Dementia

What is the impact of dementia on the person’s family and who cares for the carers?

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

Jacinta Kelly, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Palliative Care Team, North West Hospice, Sligo, and Dympna O’Connell, Lecturer, Department of Nursing at St Angela’s College, Sligo, Ireland, explain the background to their longer article published in the March/April issue of the … Continue reading →

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Dementia and Palliative Care – A Good Fit?

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

Fran McInerney, Professor of Dementia Studies and Education at the Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, explores the background to and some implications of the longer article she and colleagues published in the March issue … Continue reading →

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Dementia, what is the role of the Specialist Palliative Care Service?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Jacinta Kelly, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Palliative Care Team, North West Hospice, Sligo, and Dympna O’Connell, Lecturer, Department of Nursing at St Angela’s College, Sligo, Ireland, explain the background to their longer article published in the January/February issue of the … Continue reading →

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Palliative care in dementia: Call for papers for a special issue of Palliative Medicine

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

Guest editors of the special issue, Julian C. Hughes, The RICE Centre, Bristol University, UK and Jenny T. van der Steen, Leiden University Medical Center and Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, invite you to contribute . . .  … Continue reading →

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Namaste – combining compassionate nursing care with meaningful activity for people with advanced dementia

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

Min Stacpoole is a nurse researcher who formerly worked in the Care Homes Project Team at St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK. Inspired by experiences from the US, the hospice set up a research study to look at the effect of … Continue reading →

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Observable discomfort in people with dementia: does it point to pain or another cause?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by

Jenny T van der Steen, Elizabeth L Sampson and Nele JA Van Den Noortgate explain the background to their longer article published in the May/June edition of the European Journal of Palliative Care. Pain is common in older people, and probably … Continue reading →

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How much do we know about what influences place of care and death of older people with advanced dementia?

Posted on March 30, 2015 by

A team of international researchers, Marjolein Gysels, (The Netherlands), Bridget Johnston (UK), Claudia Bausewein (Germany), Hristina Petkova (UK) and Fliss Murtagh (UK), explain the background to their longer article published in the March/April issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care. … Continue reading →

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