Home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project.

Background: Dementia is a terminal illness making the palliative and hospice approach to care appropriate for older people with advanced dementia.

Objective: To examine clinical and health services outcomes of a quality improvement pilot project to provide home hospice care for older people with advanced dementia.

Study Design: Twenty older people with advanced dementia being treated in the Maccabi Healthcare Services homecare program, received home hospice care as an extension of their usual care for 6-7 months (or until they died) from a multidisciplinary team who were available 24/7.