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Involvement of palliative care services strongly predicts place of death in Belgium [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: Place of death is considered a quality indicator of end-of-life care and enabling people to die were they choose is an important aspiration of palliative care.
Bossuyt, Nathalie, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Houttekier, Dirk, Van den Block, Lieve   +4 more
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Quality in home care for older people: factors to pay heed to [PDF]

, 2004
23 home care providers were interviewed concerning what promotes or impedes quality aspects of service-giving, as defined by older customers – like service from familiar staff or flexible help.
Patmore, C
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Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional.
A Craft, Audit Scotland, C Feudtner, C Knapp, Ciarán Humphreys, D Bainbridge, Department of Health, Department of Health Western Australia, F Finlay, Gareth R Davies, J Noyes, J Noyes, Jane Noyes, K Lowson, K McNamara-Goodger, L Brook, L Fraser, Llinos Haf Spencer, Lucie Hobson, M Doug, Mary Devins, Mary Lewis, NPC, Public Health Wales, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Richard Hain, Richard P Hastings, Scottish Children and Young People's Palliative Care Executive Group (SCYPPEx), T Hughes-Hallet, Together for Short Lives, V Sugar, Vasiliki Totsika, Virginia Bennett, World Health Organisation   +37 more
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IVsight as an Infusion Monitor for Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy: An Exploratory, Unblinded, Single-Center Trial

Current Therapeutic Research
: Background: Intravenous (IV) infusion therapy is commonly used in health care settings. However, IV therapy at home can be challenging because it relies on the patient's ability to manage multiple medications correctly, which may lead to decreased ...
Carlos Mejia-Chew, MD, Brett Heuring, PharmD, Jeffrey Salmons, RN, Lori Weilmuenster, PharmD, Joe Beggs, BEng, Glen Kleinschmidt, BEng, Jake Eshelman, BEng, Sai Dodda, PharmD   +7 more
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Let There Be PEACE: Improving Continuous Symptom Monitoring in Hospice Patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2020
Objective: To ensure that a standardized method of continuous symptom monitoring was available to hospice patients enrolled at our institution. Patients and Methods: The Palliative/End-of-Life/Assessment/Care Coordination/Evidence-Based Program (PEACE ...
Cory Ingram, MD, MS, Charles J. Bruce, MD, Erin L. Shadbolt, MSN, RN, Erin Mahnke, MHA, Adam Darkins, MD, Sheri Dodd, MS, Lindsay M. Streeter, RN, BSN, CHFN, ICST   +6 more
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Patterns of home care assessment and service provision before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectiveThe objective was to compare home care episode, standardised assessment, and service patterns in Ontario's publicly funded home care system during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., March to September 2020) using the previous year as
Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, Heebah Sultan, Luke Andrew Turcotte, Caitlin McArthur, John P Hirdes   +4 more
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Organizational flow chart of home care for children with special health care needs [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: To develop a workflow protocol for Home Care (HC) services in the HC2 modality for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the state of Parana. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, multiple case studies.
Vanessa Rossetto, Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso, Rosa Maria Rodrigues   +2 more
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“If you understand you cope better with it”: the role of education in building palliative care capacity in four First Nations communities in Canada

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In Canada, there is a growing need to develop community-based, culturally appropriate palliative care for Indigenous people living in First Nations communities.
Holly Prince, Shevaun Nadin, Maxine Crow, Luanne Maki, Lori Monture, Jeroline Smith, Mary Lou Kelley   +6 more
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Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Numerous forces drive the evolution and need for transformation of long-term care services. During the previous decade, primary health care has assumed increased responsibility for developing and providing care services, but there is still ...
Hanne Marie Rostad, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Ragnhild Hellesø, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad   +3 more
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Home infusion services in Saudi Arabia: Where are we standing?

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023
Diseases management has reached the highest level of complexity and cost in history, worldwide, and in Saudi Arabia in particular, which led to prolonged, unnecessary hospital stays. There have been many recent innovative measures to reduce these issues.
Abdullah A. Alhifany, Abdulaziz T. Ghilais, Jawad A. Jammal, Faisal M. Alfaifi, Sarah M. Khayyat, Abdulmalik S. Alotaibi, Mohammed Alessa, Thamer A. Almangour   +7 more
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