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Common hospice drugs can increase risk of earlier death among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Benzodiazepines ...
Hospice care is meant to bring comfort, peace, and dignity to people at the end of life. But for many Americans with dementia ...
Medications commonly prescribed to ease dementia symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, and delirium — benzodiazepines and antipsychotics — may carry major unintended risks for people with dementia ...
A children's hospice has maintained a top rating of outstanding for its "exemplary" standard of care after an inspection by a ...
End-of-life care is out of reach for many in Nova Scotia, where a severe shortage of specialized hospice beds means a peaceful death is a privilege, not a guarantee.