Welcome to Episode Twenty of our podcast series. This features material from our May 2024 print edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué. This podcast examines particularly challenging aspects of palliative care for persons with dementia, for those who have lost decision-making capacity and terminal sedation. We present two clinical cases that provide contrasting narratives. Our expert commentary is written by Dr Kylie Staggard and Dr Aaron Bak Ong Wong drawing on their combined extensive experiences in geriatric medicine and palliative care medicine.

Episode Contents

• 01:03 Editorial
• 03:08 Case #1: Live and let die by Dr Huong Nguyen
• 14:38 Case #2: An inconsequential error by Prof Joseph Ibrahim
• 20:22 Expert Commentary: Frontotemporal dementia and terminal sedation by Dr Kylie Staggard and Dr Aaron Bak Ong Wong
• 31:12 Reflections from senior nurses