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Hospice Care Pilot Program Independently Pioneered by Community Health Centers in Shanghai: a Cross-sectional Survey [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022 Background Survival assessment, psychological counseling and other services included in the comprehensive hospice care program conform to the hospice care philosophy, and may be independently delivered to patients to satisfy their needs in a pioneering ...
Xueying LI, Limei JING, Yifan XU, Tianshu CHU, Yunjia ZHAO, Ruiyang CHEN, Xiaohan TENG, Shuijing LI
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Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 2022 Background: Many people prefer to die at home when the time comes. Hospice at home services aim to support patients to achieve this. A range of hospice at home services exist; some services have been evaluated, but there has been limited evidence ...
Claire Butler +13 more
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Peritoneal-cutaneous fistula successfully treated at home: A case report and literature review
Open Medicine, 2020 We present the first case of peritoneal-cutaneous fistula (PCF) within ovarian carcinoma neoplastic infiltrates located inside a large abdominal hernia in a home hospice patient with massive ascites.
Kiedrowski Mirosław, Mokrosz Eliza
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 ObjectiveTo examine and compare the quality of life (QoL) of the primary family caregivers (PFCs) of inpatients with advanced cancer and the PFCs of home hospice patients with advanced cancer and to analyze the determinants of QoL.MethodsFour hospices ...
Jiaqi Lin, Zhuoxin He, Guanhua Fan
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BMC Palliative Care, 2019 Background A decision to refrain from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the case of cardiac arrest is recommended in terminally ill patients to avoid unnecessary suffering at time of death.
Bogdan Sterpu +2 more
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Impact of a hospice rapid response service on preferred place of death, and costs [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Many people with a terminal illness would prefer to die at home. A new palliative rapid response service (RRS) provided by a large hospice provider in South East England was evaluated (2010) to provide evidence of impact on achieving ...
A Grady +32 more
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BMJ, 1995 On Friday 31 December 1993 my husband abandoned his car in heavy traffic and jogged the last three miles to his surgical outpatients session. He collided with a lamp post, fracturing two ribs and sustaining a moderately severe head injury, and was found by a hospital porter, wandering confused near the canal beside the hospital.
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A New Medicare End-of-Life Benefit for Nursing Home Residents [PDF]
, 2010 A new Medicare benefit is needed to support end-of-life care for those spending their final days in a nursing home, say the authors of this article.
David G. Stevenson +3 more
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Introducing an Evidence-Based Protocol to Reduce and Prevent Fall Events among Elderly Hospice Patients [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2021 Introduction: To examine the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to reduce falls for elderly hospice patients who live at home and in skilled nursing facilities. Materials and Methods: This pre--post intervention study was conducted in a local
Lydia Chowa
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Hospice in the nursing home: perspectives of front line nursing home staff [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: Use of hospice has been associated with improved outcomes for nursing home residents and attitudes of nursing home staff toward hospice influences hospice referral.
Cagle, John G. +5 more
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