Personalized Cancer Care Journey, at HomeKheiry, FatemehRakhshan, MahnazReports of Radiotherapy & Oncology
Where to find one.Home health care agencies employ health aides as well as RNs and other skilled professionals. Some firms focus just on home care aides. These workers usually don’t need licenses and may not have had criminal background checks. Ask the agency how they vet the aides. You ...
摘要: A goal of home care for oncology patients is to establish a coordinated regimen of care among physicians, nurses, social workers, and pharmacists. This roundtable points out considerations of each role in caring for the cancer patient at home.关键词:...
BACKGROUND: The advanced and terminal phases of cancer are being increasingly treated at home with the aid of palliative care teams. It is well known that caregivers are overburdened emotionally, financially and physically, and some studies have demonstrated that this overload extends beyond the per...
Increasing numbers of patients with cancer are being cared for at home by family caregivers because of the chronicity of cancer and the transition of health care from hospital to home. This study describes the needs of 15 patients with cancer at home and 15 home caregivers. Using the Objects...
“We really are leading this novel care delivery platform,” Smith says. “There’s a lot of excitement here around being about to monitor our patients at home and also being able to communicate with them more often. We can do a lot with this.”...
Supportive Care in Cancer presents the most recent scientific and clinical practice information on all aspects of supportive care in cancer patients. It ...
Advanced home care for cancer patients at the end of life: a qualitative study of hopes and expectations of family caregivers It is increasingly common that cancer patients are cared for at home at the end of life, with help from advanced home care teams. This may have positive implications ...
Cancer Care Closer to Home—or at Home—Is Worth Extra Effort, NCCN Panelists Say Mary Caffrey April 1st 2022 From taking part in clinical research at a local location to foregoing aggressive therapy in favor of quality of life, patients with cancer are seeking new options, said panelists at...
The Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice publishes original research on cancer survivors, systematic, and meta-analytic literature reviews, ...