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Hospice Care for Alzheimer's Patients (Reuters) - Patients in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease might be candidates for hospice care because they have a limited life expectancy and medical treatment is unlikely to be aggressive. But experts say current hospice admissions guidelines for Alzheimer's patients are either vague or inappropriate, depriving many patients of the care they deserve. University of Chicago researchers, publishing a study on the issue in this month's Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, point out that dementia patients make up less than 1% of the total U.S. hospice population, indicating an "unmet need." http://www.intelihealth.com/ih/ihtNewsDetail?c=125171 _ Sarita [log in to unmask]