TY - JOUR T1 - Pain-related palliative care challenges in people with advanced dementia call for education and practice development in all care settings JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2017-102687 SP - ebnurs-2017-102687 AU - Marie Ernsth Bravell Y1 - 2017/06/10 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/06/10/eb-2017-102687.abstract N2 - Commentary on: De Witt Jansen B, Brazil K, Passmore P, et al. Nurses’ experiences of pain management for people with advanced dementia approaching the end of life: a qualitative study. J Clin Nurs 2017;26:1234–1244.Patient-related challenges in pain management were universal across settings, indicating a need for education and practice development at all care settings.Nurse-related and organisational factors influencing pain management vary across different care settings, implying a need for different approaches to improve nurse–physician relations and learning opportunities.Patient-related challenges imply a need for research on administration of medications among persons with dementia to ensure pain relief in end stage.The increasing life expectancy in Europe and in developed countries worldwide indicates improved health and social conditions. However, it also means that people are older when they receive end-of-life care and are at increased risk of suffering from … ER -