Palliative care for people with dementia and their families

At the 31st International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), held in Budapest, Hungary, from April 21–24 2016, Jenny van der Steen, PhD, from Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, discusses the role of palliative care, including advance care planning, for people with dementia and their families.