Objectives To explore current challenges in interdisciplinary management of end-of-life care in the community and the potential of an Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination System (EPaCCS) to ...

Monique Chatman is a nurse practitioner at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center where her daily duties involve working with people receiving care. “As a nurse practitioner working in palliative ...

We propose the creation of a national strategy for palliative care led by the federal government and supported by payers and regulators. The strategy would include defined structures and processes ...

We shower our pets with love, provide nutritious food, and offer endless cuddles. Still, there’s one crucial piece of the pet ...

Objectives To map the patient journey for individuals known to palliative care presenting to the emergency department (ED). Methods A linked dataset from the CUREd database and palliative care ...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of the Palliative Care Screening Tool (PCST) for the recommendation of palliative care among older patients admitted to an Intensive Care ...

sbmu.ac.ir Background One of the barriers to the integration of palliative care within the process of patient care and treatment is the lack of awareness of patients about palliative care. In order to ...

Community and hospice nurse shortages have been highlighted in the first report from a major review of palliative and end-of-life care in England. The Commission on Palliative Care and End-of-Life ...

Her spirit is part of me too; I’ve had to leave my hometown and my family and go off on my feeling journey but I always go back. We always go back to where we’re connected. What’s ...

Objective To examine the effects of home-based transitional palliative care for patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) after hospital discharge. Methods This was a randomised controlled trial ...

This summary from the American Heart Association provides guidance for the provision of primary and subspecialty palliative care in pediatric congenital and acquired heart disease. A comprehensive ...