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The effects of hospice-shared care for gastric cancer patients.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundHospice care has been proved to result in changes to the medical behaviors of terminally ill patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects and medical behavior changes of hospice-shared care intervention among terminally ill ...
Kun-Siang Huang, Shih-Ho Wang, Seng-Kee Chuah, Kun-Ming Rau, Yu-Hung Lin, Meng-Che Hsieh, Li-Hsueh Shih, Yen-Hao Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Innovation Competence in Healthcare: Individual, Environmental and Organisational Factors—A Mixed‐Method Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To identify healthcare professionals' experiences of innovation competence and the factors associated with it; and to examine the instruments developed to assess innovation competence and its associated factors among healthcare professionals. Design A mixed‐methods systematic review.
Mari Saukkoriipi, Outi Kanste, Erika Jarva, Pauliina Hyrkäs, Kristina Mikkonen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influencing factors of home hospice care needs of the older adults with chronic diseases at the end of life in China: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionChronic diseases are becoming a serious threat to the physical and mental health of older people in China as their aging process picks up speed.
Lei Wang, Yaru Li, Rui Zhao, Jiangxu Li, Xiangru Gong, Hongyu Li, Yuan Chi   +6 more
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Enhancing legacy in palliative care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Dignity Therapy focused on positive outcomes. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundDignity Therapy is a brief psychotherapy that can enhance a sense of legacy while addressing the emotional and existential needs of patients receiving hospice or palliative care.
Gallegos, Jarred V, Golshan, Shahrokh, Irwin, Scott A, McNeal, Helen, Meier, Emily A, Montross-Thomas, Lori P, Munson, Diane, Rodseth, Laura, Roeland, Eric   +8 more
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Moral Distress Among Family Caregivers: A Concept Analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine and define the concept of moral distress among family caregivers by identifying its key attributes, antecedents and consequences. Design Concept analysis. Methods This study was guided by Walker and Avant's concept analysis framework.
Tharaa Ananzeh, Caroline F. Morrison, Elaine L. Miller, Natalie Kreitzer, Tamilyn Bakas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy protocol of an intervention for caregivers of hospice patients living with dementia: A pilot randomized control trial.

PLoS ONE
IntroductionCaring for dying persons living with dementia (PLwD) poses substantial challenges for family care partners (FCPs), who often experience significant emotional and physical strain.
Ebtesam Tamer, Donald R Hoover, Margaret V McDonald, Kira G Sheldon, Felix Vasquez, Maryam Gaibi, Elizabeth A Luth   +6 more
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A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service

BMC Palliative Care, 2008
Background Within the United Kingdom, a developing role for primary care services in cancer and palliative care has resulted in an increase in palliative home care teams.
Daley Andrew, Greasley Peter, Small Neil, Lucas Beverley   +3 more
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Two Cultures of Caring: A Comparative Study [PDF]

, 2012
There is much that the UK and the US could and should learn from each other to understand the quality of end-of-life care, through comparison of practice, analysis of care patterns and via original research (Higginson, 2005, p.170).
Armstrong, Lisa, Polito, Chistina
core   +1 more source

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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Depression in Rural Hospice Family Caregivers

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2012
Informal, family caregivers assume an overwhelming responsibility to care for the dying in the home. Although not a long term situation, the outcomes for family hospice caregivers often have negative consequences with minimal mental health resources ...
Kathleen Ladner, Norma G Cuellar
doaj   +1 more source