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A study published in Geriatrics &amp; Gerontology International&nbsp;found that patients with cancer who also have <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/uncategorized/views-of-nursing-staff-on-computerized-dementia-screening-a-validation-and-pilot-study-in-a-general-hospital/">dementia</a> were less likely to have a &ldquo;good quality&rdquo; death compared with those without dementia.Home palliative care staff completed questionnaires on the <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/abstracts/rheumatology-abstracts/cognitive-impairment-in-patients-with-rheumatoid-arthritis/">cognitive status</a>, cancer-related symptoms, and quality of death using the good death inventory for 508 patients with cancer. Nearly one-third of patients (30.7%; n=156) included in the study had dementia.<h2>Factors associated with greater quality of death</h2>Hierarchical regression analyses showed that patients without dementia had a greater quality of death (P&lt;0.001). Stratified analyses showed that dying at home was also associated with greater quality of death in both patients with and without dementia. The presence of a primary family caregiver was associated with greater quality of death only in patients with dementia (P&lt;0.001).&ldquo;Our results suggest the importance of enhancing end&#8208;of&#8208;life care discussions with patients and their families, along with developing specific support strategies to enhance the decision&#8208;making of cancer patients with dementia and their family members,&rdquo; the researchers concluded.

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