XieJ, BrayneC, MatthewsFE. and the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study collaborators. Survival times in people with dementia: Analysis from population based cohort study with 14 year follow-up. BMJ, 2008; 336:258–262.
2.
van der SteenJT. Dying with dementia: What we know after more than a decade of research?J Alzheimers Dis, 2010; 22:37–55.
3.
GillTM, GahbauerEA, HanLet al.Trajectories of disability in the last year of life. N Engl J Med, 2010; 362:1173–1180.
4.
DaviesE, HigginsonIJ. Better palliative care for older people. WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2004. www.euro.who.int/document/E82933.pdf. 2009June.
5.
LauDT, KasperJD, PotterDEBet al.Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly Nursing Home residents. Arch Intern Med, 2005; 165:68–74.
6.
HolmesHM, HayleyDC, AlexanderGCet al.Reconsidering medication appropriateness for patients late in life. Arch Intern Med, 2006; 166:605–609.
7.
MitchellSL, TenoJM, MillerSCet al.A national study of the location of death for older persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2005; 53:299–305.
8.
FialováD, TopinkováE, GambassiGet al.Potentially inappropriate medications among elderly home care patients in Europe. JAMA, 2005; 293:1348–1358.
9.
BlassDM, BlackBS, PhillipsHet al.Medication use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2008; 23:490–496.
SclanSG, ReisbergB. Functional assessment staging (FAST) in Alzheimer's disease: Reliability, validity, and ordinality. Int Psychogeriatr, 1992; 4:55–69.
13.
WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology. Guidelines for ATC Classification and DDD Assignment. 2010. www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index. 2009December
14.
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Staging System. www.npuap.org/pr2.htm. 2010December
15.
HolmesHM, SachsGA, ShegaJWet al.Integrating palliative medicine into the care of persons with advanced dementia: Identifying appropriate medications use. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2008; 56:1306–1311.
16.
JohnellK, FastbomJ. Multi-dose drug dispensing and inappropriate drug use: A nationwide register-based study of over 700,000 elderly. Scand J Prim Health Care, 2008; 26:86–91.
17.
TjiaJ, RothmanMR, KielyDKet al.Daily medication use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2010; 58:880–888.
18.
ElseviersMM, Vancer SticheleRR, Van BortelL. Drug utilization in Belgian Nursing Homes: Impact of residents' and institutional characteristics. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 2010; 19:1041–1048.
19.
ZwakhalenSM, KoopmansRT, GeelsPJet al.The prevalence of pain in nursing home residents with dementia measured using an observational pain scale. Eur J Pain, 2009; 13:89–93.
20.
WilliamsCS, ZimmermanS, SloanePDet al.Characteristics associated with pain in long-term care residents with dementia. Gerontologist, 2005; 45:68–73.
21.
ToscaniF, Di GiulioP, BrunelliCet al.End-of-Life Observatory Group. How people die in hospital general wards: A descriptive study. J Pain Symptom Manage, 2005; 30:33–40.
22.
LopezRP, AmellaEJ, StrumpfNEet al.The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubes. Arch Intern Med, 2010; 170:83–88.
23.
LuchettiM. Eluana Englaro, chronicle of a death foretold: Ethical considerations on the recent right-to-die case in Italy. J Med Ethics, 2010; 36:333–335.
MeyerG, KopkeS, HaastertBet al.Restraint use among nursing home residents: Cross sectional study and prospective cohort study. J Clin Nurs, 2009; 18:981–990.
26.
RochonPA, NormandS, GomesTet al.Antipsychotic therapy and short-term serious events in older adults with dementia. Arch Intern Med, 2008; 168:1090–1096.
27.
MitchellSL, TenoJM, KielyDKet al.The clinical course of advanced dementia. N Engl J Med, 2009; 361:1529–1538.
