Palliative Care and Dementia Position Statement

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Palliative Care and Dementia Position Statement

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

A joint policy statement from PCA and Dementia Australia regarding the provision of palliative care for people living with dementia. People living with dementia have the right to appropriate, compassionate and timely palliative care, which includes pain relief and symptom management, and the prevention and relief of suffering.

Dementia-Position-Statement-2018-for-website.pdf

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