Comfort and clinical events at the end of life of nursing home residents with and without dementia: The six-country epidemiological PACE study.
Rose MirandaJenny T van der SteenTinne SmetsNele Van den NoortgateLuc DeliensSheila PayneMarika KylänenKatarzyna SzczerbińskaGiovanni GambassiLieve Van den Blocknull nullPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2020)
Discomfort was observed in dying residents who developed major clinical events, especially pneumonia, which was not specific to advanced dementia. It is crucial to identify and address the clinical events potentially associated with discomfort in dying residents with and without dementia.