Background Palliative care can improve the quality of life of people with dementia. However, nurses and other healthcare professionals often lack the confidence and skills to provide palliative care and struggle to initiate timely conversations about wishes and needs for palliative care. The DEDICATED approach aims to enhance the quality of palliative dementia care by improving knowledge, competencies, and interprofessional collaboration of healthcare professionals. This study explores its im...| BioMed Central