The use of hospice care in nursing homes (NHs) has grown exponentially, but an increasing concern is the lack of access to resident and family-centered palliative care when residents do not elect hospice, and in time periods prior to election. This concern is amplified by the high magnitude ...
Demographic changes are leading to a rise in the demand for care services, with nursing homes (NHs) playing an increasingly important role in end-of-life care. Evidence suggests that NH residents at the end of life significantly benefit from hospice and palliative care and the implementation of...
homes, and 70% of nursing homes had no hospice patients. Hospice use varies by region, and rates of use are associated with nursing home administrators' attitudes toward hospice and contractual obligations. Current health policy discourages use of palliative care and hospice for dying nursing home...
palliative care policy Introduction The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is a membership-based organization dedicated to the development and improvement of hospice and palliative care worldwide. The mission of IAHPC is to improve the quality of life of adults and childr...
An expertise in hospice and palliative care is highly required on all levels. Aims/questions: One important aim is to change the culture in the nursing home. The main questions are: * What are the core themes that have to be taken into account? * Who are the target groups? * What ...
Nursing care involves the support of general well-being of our patients, the provision of episodic acute care and rehabilitation, and when a return to health is not possible, a peaceful death. Dying is a profound transition for the individual.
Palliative care for the nursing home resident with dementia. The article focuses on the palliative care for patients with dementia in the nursing home setting in the U.S. It explains that dementia is characterized by a decline in cognitive function which affects intelligence and could lead to a...
Method Postal survey of UK hospices and specialist palliative care services providing adult bereavement support. Analysis Descriptive statistics and conten... D Field,D Reid,S Payne,... - 《International Journal of Palliative Nursing》 被引量: 34发表: 2004年 palliative medicine and hospice care cul...
The purpose and goals of hospice and palliative care are often misunderstood by patients and their family members. As a patient advocate, nurses...
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