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Place of death in Parkinson's disease and related disorders in England and Wales: post-pandemic trends and implications for care planning.

Elisabeth Alice WilsonAmy BakerLauren StockleyVictoria AllgarEdward Richfield
Published in: Age and ageing (2024)
Place of death for people with PDRD is changing, with more hospice and home deaths. People with PDRD, particularly those with co-existent dementia, are less likely to access inpatient hospice care than the general population. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of care home deaths has reduced significantly with an increase in home deaths, with implications for service and resource allocation.
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