JAMA internal medicine
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JAMA Intern Med
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Advanced dementia is characterized by severe cognitive impairment and complete functional dependence. Patients' goals of care should guide the prescribing of medication during such terminal illness. Medications that do not promote the primary goal of care should be minimized. ⋯ Most nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive medications with questionable benefit that incur substantial associated costs.