Ritchie, Lorraine
Several features of palliative care render it attractive within managed care. Evidence is emerging that palliative care, focused on meticulous prospective care planning and coordination, delivers high quality and cost-effective end-of-life care. Innovative demonstration projects around the country are ...
Despite the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS, end-of-life care planning among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities is relatively under-researched, especially in Australia. This paper reports findings of a survey of 305 LGBT people living in New South Wales, which examined their...
Advance care planning at the end of life: hidden or missed opportunity? Palliative MedicineCawley DIngle SGomm S
Planning end-of-life care needs to start earlier Journal of Renal NursingEllis, Peter
A study to explore the experience of advanced care planning among family caregivers and relatives of people with advanced dementia BACKGROUND: The North West NHS End of Life Care Initiative aims to improve the quality of care received by older people with dementia in care settings at the end of...
OBJECTIVES: To describe advance care planning (ACP) and end-of-life care for nursing home residents who are hospitalized in the last 6 weeks of life. DESIGN: Constant comparative analysis of deceased nursing home resident cases. SETTING: A not-for-profit Jewish nursing home. PARTICIPANTS: Forty...
TODAY we will see the launch of the end-of-life care plan for Wales. Over the past five years much has been achieved thorough investment from the Welsh Government and the commitment of all the voluntary sector hospices and NHS specialist palliative care teams in Wales. Through collaboration ...
End-of-life care is a case in point as patient choice, through advance care planning, is a key conceptual framework for motivating service development and provision. Based on qualitative ethnographic research in England, this article describes what choice is and how it is enacted in the context...
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of quality end of life care in the UK and in most developed countries, enabling more people to live well and die well as they would choose. In the context of the ageing population, with increasing possibilities for medical interventions, ACP ...