Palliative care delivery in residential aged care: bereaved family member experiences of the Supportive Hospice Aged Residential Exchange (SHARE) intervention.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve the quality of advance care planning (ACP) in primary care, it is important to understand the frequency of and topics involved in the ACP discussion between patients and their family physicians (FPs). METHODS:A secondary analysis of a previous multicenter cross-sectional observational study was p...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hamano J,Oishi A,Morita T,Kizawa Y

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid effective responsiveness to patient needs is pivotal to high quality palliative care. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people are susceptible to life-limiting illnesses at younger ages than other Australians and experience inequity of health service provision. The Palliative Care Outc...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Woods JA,Johnson CE,Ngo HT,Katzenellenbogen JM,Murray K,Thompson SC

更新日期：2018-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited population-level research on end-of-life care in Australia that considers health care use and costs across hospital and community sectors. The aim of this study was to quantify health care use and costs in the last 6 months of life in a cohort of elderly Australian decedents and to examine t...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Reeve R,Srasuebkul P,Langton JM,Haas M,Viney R,Pearson SA,EOL-CC study authors.

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) was developed for evaluating essential outcomes for palliative care patients. Our objectives here are to describe the process of a six-phase cross-cultural adaptation of IPOS to French (IPOS-Fr), highlight the difficulties encountered and strategies to solv...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Sterie AC,Bernard M

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current policies recommend integrating home care and palliative care to enable patients to remain at home and avoid unnecessary hospital admission and emergency department (ED) visits. The Italian health care system had implemented integrated palliative home care (IHPC) services to guarantee a comprehensive,...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Borraccino A,Campagna S,Politano G,Dalmasso M,Dimonte V,Gianino MM

更新日期：2020-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is mostly diagnosed at advanced stages among the majority of women in low-income settings, with palliative care being the only feasible form of care. This study was aimed at investigating palliative care knowledge and access among women with cervical cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe. METHODS:Seque...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Tapera O,Nyakabau AM

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced cancer patients experience considerable symptoms, problems, and needs. Early referral of these patients to specialised palliative care (SPC) could improve their symptoms and problems.The Danish Palliative Care Trial (DanPaCT) investigates whether patients with metastatic cancer, who report palliativ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Johnsen AT,Damkier A,Vejlgaard TB,Lindschou J,Sjøgren P,Gluud C,Neergaard MA,Petersen MA,Lundorff LE,Pedersen L,Fayers P,Strömgren AS,Higginson IJ,Groenvold M

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit (CCB) is to enable family members and other loved ones who are employed to take a temporary secured leave to care for a terminally ill individual at end of life. Successful applicants of the CCB can receive up to 55% of their average insured earnings, up to a m...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Crooks VA,Williams A

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrepancies between the information that patients have received and the patients' awareness of their condition have frequently been observed in literature and given a number of different explanations. The chief contribution of this study is that by following patients over time it is possible not only to no...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hoff L,Hermerén G

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overuse of anti-cancer therapy is an important quality-of-care issue. An aggressive approach to treatment can have negative effects on quality of life and cost, but its effect on survival is not well-defined. METHODS:Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database, we identified 7,87...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Saito AM,Landrum MB,Neville BA,Ayanian JZ,Earle CC

更新日期：2011-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeless people often suffer from complex and chronic comorbidities, have high rates of morbidity and die at much younger ages than the general population. Due to a complex combination of physical, psychosocial and addiction problems at the end of life, they often have limited access to palliative care. Both...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Klop HT,de Veer AJE,van Dongen SI,Francke AL,Rietjens JAC,Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the Balearic Islands Palliative Care (PC) Program is to improve the quality of PC through a shared model consisting of primary health care professionals, home-based PC teams, and PC units in hospitals. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), patients with advanced cancer and other ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Llobera J,Sansó N,Ruiz A,Llagostera M,Serratusell E,Serrano C,Roselló MLM,Benito E,Castaño EJ,Leiva A

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Development of interventions that address psychosocial and existential distress in people with motor neurone disease (MND) or that alleviate caregiver burden in MND family carers have often been suggested in the research literature. Dignity therapy, which was developed to reduce psychosocial and...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Bentley B,Aoun SM,O'Connor M,Breen LJ,Chochinov HM

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An international discussion about whether or not to legally permit euthanasia and (or) physician assisted suicide (EAS) is ongoing. Unbearable suffering in patients may result in a request for EAS. In the Netherlands EAS is legally permitted, and unbearable suffering is one of the central compulsory criteria...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Ruijs CD,van der Wal G,Kerkhof AJ,Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family members are involved in the care of palliative patients at home and therefore, should be viewed as important sources of information to help clinicians better understand the quality palliative care service patients receive. The objective of the study was to analyse what is valued most by family carers ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Aparicio M,Centeno C,Carrasco JM,Barbosa A,Arantzamendi M

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last years of life, burden of disease and disability and need of health- and social care often increase. Social, functional and psychological factors may be important in regard to social- and health care utilization. This study aims to describe use of health- and social care during the last year of li...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hallgren J,Johansson L,Lannering C,Ernsth Bravell M,Gillsjö C

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decades there has been a significant increase in the number of published clinical trials in palliative care. However, empirical evidence suggests that there are methodological problems in the design and conduct of studies, which raises questions about the validity and generalisability of the re...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Bouça-Machado R,Rosário M,Alarcão J,Correia-Guedes L,Abreu D,Ferreira JJ

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders of the elderly population. Few therapeutic options are available for patients with PD requiring palliative care. Treatment of the early stages of PD is entirely different from later stages. During the later stages, the palliative care mode...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Lokk J,Delbari A

更新日期：2012-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Transitions in the location of care and in who provides such care can be extremely stressful for individuals facing death and for those close to them. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution of transitions in care experienced by palliative care patients following admission to a compreh...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Burge FI,Lawson B,Critchley P,Maxwell D

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of what we understand about the design of healthcare systems to support care of the dying comes from our experiences with providing palliative care for dying cancer patients. It is increasingly recognized that in addition to cancer, high quality end of life care should be an integral part of care that i...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Sawatzky R,Porterfield P,Lee J,Dixon D,Lounsbury K,Pesut B,Roberts D,Tayler C,Voth J,Stajduhar K

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though struggling with similar symptom burden, patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) receive less palliative care than patients suffering from malignant diseases. Researchers have found that this might be related to lack of knowledge about palliative care, insufficient interprofessional communicatio...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Ziehm J,Farin E,Seibel K,Becker G,Köberich S

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with life-limiting illnesses are treated and cared for over a long period of time in primary care and guidelines suggest that ACP discussions should be initiated in primary care. However, a practical model to implement ACP in general practice is lacking. Therefore, the objective of this study i...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： De Vleminck A,Houttekier D,Deliens L,Vander Stichele R,Pardon K

更新日期：2016-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to common practice based on a generally agreed interpretation of Icelandic law on the rights of patients, health care professionals cannot discuss prognosis and treatment with a patient's family without that patient's consent. This limitation poses ethical problems, because research has shown that,...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Skulason B,Hauksdottir A,Ahcic K,Helgason AR

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, the number of people who die with dementia is increasing. The importance of a palliative approach in the care of people with dementia is recognised and there are national polices to enhance current care. In the UK implementation of these polices is promoted by the National Institute for Health and ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Candy B,Elliott M,Moore K,Vickerstaff V,Sampson E,Jones L

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past ten years there has been an increasing focus on the need for improving the experience of end of life care. A number of policy initiatives have been introduced to develop approaches to discussing and documenting individual preferences for end of life care, in particular preferred place to die. ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Cox K,Moghaddam N,Almack K,Pollock K,Seymour J

更新日期：2011-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper explores carers' views of dying, death and bereavement for family members who had recently died with heart failure adding to a growing literature on end of life experiences for people with conditions other than cancer. METHODS:Twenty interviews were conducted with bereaved carers of older people ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Small N,Barnes S,Gott M,Payne S,Parker C,Seamark D,Gariballa S

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In palliative care (PC) patients and relatives (P/R) often show their gratitude to the healthcare professionals (HP) who care for them. HP appreciate these displays of gratitude, although the impact of the same has not been examined in detail. Publications analysed tell personal experiences in which HP say t...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Aparicio M,Centeno C,Arantzamendi M

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:The United Kingdom has led the world in the development of children's palliative care. Over the past two decades, the illness trajectories of children with life-limiting conditions have extended with new treatments and better home-based care. Future planning is a critically under-researched aspe...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Noyes J,Hastings RP,Lewis M,Hain R,Bennett V,Hobson L,Spencer LH

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with chronic complex-medical conditions comprise a small minority of children who require substantial healthcare with major implications for hospital utilization and costs in pediatrics. Community-Based Pediatric Palliative Care (CBPPC) provides a holistic approach to patient care that can improve t...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Goldhagen J,Fafard M,Komatz K,Eason T,Livingood WC

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Although guidelines for the care of the dying patient exist the evidence base to support the guidelines is poor. Some of the factors contributing to this include failure to recruit to trials, protective healthcare professionals and subsequent attrition from trials due to the death of the patients. Recent s...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Fowell A,Russell I,Johnstone R,Finlay I,Russell D

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00