Aquilina Francesca Falzon, Agius Mark
Mount Carmel Hospital Malta, Attard, Malta.
Psychiatr Danub. 2015 Sep;27 Suppl 1:S506-11.
The Dementias are common neurodegenerative diseases which gradually deteriorate and eventually become fatal. However, hospice care is usually made available to patients suffering from Cancer, while patients who suffer from other chronic conditions such as dementia are not usually offered such care. However the lessons which have been learnt regarding hospice palliative care could be applied with some modification to the care of patients with Dementia. This article attempts to discuss the present literature about palliative care in Dementia, in order to clarify the evidence which underlies the European Association for Palliative Care 'White paper defining optimal palliative care in older people with dementia'.
痴呆症是常见的神经退行性疾病，会逐渐恶化并最终致命。然而，临终关怀通常提供给癌症患者，而患有痴呆症等其他慢性病的患者通常无法获得此类护理。不过，从临终关怀姑息治疗中学到的经验教训经过一些调整后可应用于痴呆症患者的护理。本文试图讨论目前关于痴呆症姑息治疗的文献，以阐明欧洲姑息治疗协会《关于痴呆症老年人最佳姑息治疗的白皮书》所依据的证据。
