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Risk Factor Assessment of Hospice Patients Readmitted within 7 Days of Acute Care Hospital Discharge
Geriatrics, 2018 Factors surrounding readmission rates for hospice patients within seven days are still relatively unknown. The present study specifically investigates the seven-day readmission rate of patients newly discharged to hospice, and the predictive factors ...
Anthony Wilson +8 more
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Evolving role of the hospice day centre during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2021 Hospice day centres are a well-established service in the UK that aims to support people approaching the end of their life to live as well as possible. It functions as a complex intervention working to provide symptom control, psychological, social and spiritual support for patients, as well as respite for carers.1 The multifaceted role of the day ...
Florence Swann +3 more
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História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2010 Retrata os primeiros hospices modernos, no Reino Unido vitoriano tardio, descrevendo a filosofia reinante e as dificuldades dessas instituições. Aborda, também, a fundação do St.
Ciro Augusto Floriani +1 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2020 Background Research on the patient experience of receiving palliative care across a number of settings is increasing, but the majority of these investigations are situated within the context of developed countries. There is limited research from resource-
Konstantina Vasileiou +2 more
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Irish Hospice Foundation Annual Report 2020
, 2021 Every death matters – and we only have one chance to get it right. Many of the experiences of dying, death and bereavement during 2020 fell very far short of the expressed wishes of the Irish people in relation to what they want for themselves or their ...
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The Lancet Global Health, 2017 Background: Nepal is a low-income country in south Asia with a population of more than 27 million people. Because of late diagnosis and poor access to care, almost 90% of approximately 60 000 people diagnosed with cancer in Nepal annually will die within
Binay K Shah, MD, Tara Shah, BSN
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P-82 Becoming a research active hospice: introducing research into a day hospice environment [PDF]
Generating research, knowledge and outcomes, 2017 Background Despite the many perceived benefits of research in palliative care, hospices have historically not engaged with research to any significant degree (Payne et al., 2013). With the exception of small projects initiated by staff undertaking postgraduate studies, this hospice undertook no research until 2016.
Rebecca Grace Darge +4 more
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Social Science & Medicine, 2021 Foucault's medical gaze has only been minimally applied to palliative care through the analysis of key policy documents. This paper develops the conceptualisation of Foucault's medical gaze using empirical data gathered from a group ethnography of a hospice daycare centre.
Nagington, Maurice +3 more
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, 2023 The Time to Reflect survey was commissioned by Irish Hospice Foundation to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the experiences and perceptions of the Irish population in relation to dying, death, and bereavement during this time.
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Structures and objectives of day hospices – Design of a logic model
BMC Palliative CareBackground Day hospices represent a new component of outpatient palliative care in Germany. They focus on improving the quality of life and symptom control for patients with advanced, incurable diseases and aim to relieve the burden on family caregivers.
Ulrich Kaiser +6 more
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