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The Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) has the highest age-standardised prevalence of this disease worldwide, indicating an alarming increase in dementia in the region which requires appropriate palliative care planning for these patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this review was to determine the status of palliative care in people with Alzheimer's disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Searches in PubMed, Scopus and ISI databases were conducted without language restrictions from 1998 to January 2023. The searched keywords were Palliative care, hospice care, terminal care, end of life care, Alzheimer's disease and Eastern Mediterranean region. 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Alzheimer's associations, providing care service packages, designing care programmes and the movements in Alzheimer's-friendly communities have been helpful to some extent in some countries, but most of the services provided to patients include counselling, meaningful interactions\/activities, seminars, webinars, training workshops and support groups. There are many challenges in this region in the areas of governance, public awareness, human resources, training and medicine for palliative care, especially for people with Alzheimer's disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In most Eastern Mediterranean Region countries, palliative care has remained in the early stages of development, and there is an urgent need to increase care and support for people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. 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