End-of-Life Dementia Care: Treatments to Improve Quality of Life 🧠

Quality of life is an important issue when making healthcare decisions for people with Alzheimer's disease. For example, there are medicines available that might slow the progression of this devastating disease for a short time in some patients, generally early in the illness. However, in more advanced AD, some caregivers might not want these drugs prescribed. They may believe that the quality of life is already so diminished and that the medicine is unlikely to make a difference. Managing the behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease