Living and Dying with Dementia: Dialogues about Palliative Care
By Unknown Author.
Description
Improvements in health care in the 21st century mean people are living longer, but with the paradox that chronic illness is increasingly prevalent. Dementia, a term used to describe various different brain disorders that involve a loss of brain function that is usually progressive and eventually severe, is a condition associated with an ageing population and is becoming increasingly common. Worldwide there are approximately 25 million people with dementia, expected to rise to 63 million by 2030, and 114 million by 2050.Inevitably, people living with dementia will die, but their needs at the...
ISBN(s)
0198566875, 9780198566878
