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End-of-Life Care and the Effects of Bereavement on Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia
NEJM 349:1936-1942,1891, Schulz,R.,et al, 2003
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Article Abstract
End-of-life care for patients with dementia was extremely demanding of family caregivers. Intervention and support services were needed most before the patientÆs death. When death was preceded by a protracted and stressful period of caregiving, caregivers reported considerable relief at the death itself.
 
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