This document is a transcript of tweets from a #hpm (hospice and palliative medicine) tweetchat that took place on March 30, 2011 from 5:00-6:00pm PDT. Participants introduced themselves and discussed unique issues in caring for patients with dementia, including difficulty determining pain/discomfort and explaining functional decline given limitations of assessment scales. The chat focused on sharing knowledge and experience in hospice and palliative care.