End-of-life care in elderly cancer patientsadvance directivesagecancerdecision-makingelderlyend of lifeeuthanasiageriatricspalliative caresuicideAt the turn of the millennium, the age structures of our populations moved from the traditional pyramidal shape to a more rounded, wide column. This phenomenon ...
patients with cancer want to be cared for at home and, if possible, want to die at home#Community palliative care teams improve symptoms and enable patients to be cared for at home#Advance care planning is a cornerstone of effective end-of-life care, and falls within the remit of ...
In the United States, older patients with advanced lung cancer make much less use of hospital and emergency room services at the end of life than their counterparts in Ontario but use far more chemotherapy, according to a study published May 18th online in theJournal of the National Cancer Ins...
of symptom distress in terminal care, confusion has not been defined clearly and therefore has not benefited from rigorous assessment and study as have other end-of-life symptoms.Increased knowledge about confusion that occurs in patients with widely metastatic cancer will assist in accurate symptom ...
Terminal stage cancer patients experience anxiety about death and pessimism about the future. They usually fear that as they approach death, their pain wil
The author emphasizes the importance of providing nonstop community nursing services, 24 hours a day and seven days a week (24/7), at the end of lives of cancer patients. He shares that the introduction of 24/7 community nursing will not just improve the quality of life of patients in ...
Little is known about the end-of-life (EOL) experience of patients with rare cancers (PRC) or their caregivers. From September 2002 to August 2008, 618 stage IV cancer patients [195 PRC and 423 patients with common cancers (PCC)] and their caregivers participated in an interview-based cohor...
Goals of the work In order to strengthen cancer patients' autonomy and to improve quality of palliative care, it is necessary to know what are the patients' preferences for treatment at the end of life, whether they accept the idea of advance directives, and who should initiate the process ...
Medicare's rules and regulations make it hard for dementia patients to qualify for hospice when they and their families need support the most—long before death.In Canada, where hospice is structured entirely differently, 39% of dementia patients receive hospice care in the last year of life....
When it comes to how much end-of-life care a patient with cancer receives, geography may, indeed, be destiny, according to new research led by Harvard Medical School that found striking differences in terminal care across different parts of the country.