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How do you determine whether to continue anti-dementia medications (such as cholinesterase inhibitors) for patients with dementia when enrolling in hospice?

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What is your approach to counseling severely frail older adults regarding their planning for invasive life-sustaining therapy?

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What is your approach to determining eligibility for hospice in persons with Alzheimer's disease?

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How do you counsel patients who are concerned that discontinuation of certain chronic medications may actually perpetuate suffering at the end of life?

Do you ever continue medications such as rate-control agents for tachyarrhythmias, anticoagulation for blood clots, immunosuppression to prevent trans...

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The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018-02

A Systematic Review of Practice Guidelines and Recommendations for Discontinuation of Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Dementia.

JAMA internal medicine, 2025 May 01

Continued Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine in Hospice.

Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.), 2022 Jan 31

CCCDTD5 recommendations on the deprescribing of cognitive enhancers in dementia.

The Medical journal of Australia, 2019 Feb 16

Deprescribing cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in dementia: guideline summary.

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