The American journal of hospice care
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Am J Hosp Care
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This article reports the development of a small pilot program and briefly describes its activities. The growing number of dementia patients in American communities indicates a need to extend hospice services to these patients and their families. ⋯ The Alzheimer's Family Care Hospice has provided services to eight terminally ill dementia patients and their families in a pilot project sponsored jointly by the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and the Chicago Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Another six patients did not meet admission criteria.