Extreme neuropsychiatric symptoms can be a heavy burden for nursing home (NH) residents, relatives, and caregivers. Sometimes, when extreme neuropsychiatric symptoms are considered refractory, continuous palliative sedation is administered. The aim of this study was to explore the trajectory leading to con...
Challenges inherent in the practice of continuous palliative sedation until death appear to be particularly pervasive in nursing homes. We aimed to develop a protocol to improve the quality of the practice in Belgian nursing homes.
Continuous sedation until death (CSD), the removal of consciousness of an incurably ill patient until death, has become a controversial practice. Some consider CSD a palliative treatment, whereas others claim that CSD is frequently used with the intention to hasten death. In nursing homes in Flanders, the ...
To examine relationships between visual function (ie, contrast sensitivity, visual field, color vision, and motion perception) and cognitive impairment, including any definition of “cognitive impairment,” mild cognitive impairment, or dementia.