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"My Preference would be to be at Home": Patients' Experiences of their Hospice at Home Care [PDF]

, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.A specialist 'Hospice at Home' (HaH) service commenced in 2006 in Mid West Ireland whereby participants received palliative care from a specialist team in their own home.
Armstrong, Claire, Armstrong, C, Taylor, Ann, McKay, EA, Taylor, A, McKay, Elizabeth   +5 more
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'What she told us made the world of difference': Carers perspectives of a hospice at home service [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright @ 2013 Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. Posted with publisher's permission.This paper explores the expectations and needs of current and bereaved carers whose relatives received care at home from a palliative care team.
Taylor, AE, Armstrong, C, McKay, EA
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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 ...
Holdsworth, LM, Caragh Flannery, Flannery, C, Butler, C, Gage, Heather, Heather Gage, Flannery, Caragh, Laura M. Holdsworth, Williams, P, Claire Butler, Holdsworth, Laura M., Williams, Peter, Peter Williams, Butler, Claire   +13 more
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A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service [PDF]

, 2008
YesWithin 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.
Small, Neil A., Daley, A., Small, Neil, Greasley, Pete, Beverley Lucas, Peter Greasley, Lucas, Beverley J., Lucas, Beverley, Daley, Andrew, Andrew Daley, Greasley, Peter, Neil Small, Small Neil, Greasley Peter, Lucas Beverley, Daley Andrew   +15 more
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Article Commentary: Grief and Palliative Care: Mutuality

Palliative Care, 2013
Grief and palliative care are interrelated and perhaps mutually inclusive. Conceptually and practically, grief intimately relates to palliative care, as both domains regard the phenomena of loss, suffering, and a desire for abatement of pain burden ...
Paul J. Moon
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Evaluation of a hospice rapid response community service: a controlled evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
(provisional) Background While most people faced with a terminal illness would prefer to die at home, less than a third in England are enabled to do so with many dying in National Health Service hospitals.
Holdsworth, LM, Holdsworth Laura M, Coulton Simon, Laura M Holdsworth, Butler, C, Simon Coulton, Claire Butler, Gage, Heather, Heather Gage, Holdsworth, Laura M., Gage Heather, Butler Claire, Butler, Claire, Coulton, Simon, Coulton, S, Claire Butler   +15 more
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Hospice care education needs of nursing home staff in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

BMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background While the importance of hospice care education in nursing homes is recognized, the volume of research on the specific educational needs of caregivers in hospice care in nursing homes is still lacking.
Mihyun Park, Hye-Ah Yeom, Sr Jinsun Yong
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Home hospice care in Nepal: a low-cost service in a low-income country through collaboration between non-profit organisations

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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Virtual Reality Videos for Symptom Management in Hospice and Palliative Care

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health
Objective: To learn more about the effect of virtual reality videos on patients’ symptoms near the end of life, including which are most effective, how long the effect lasts, and which patients benefit the most.
James R. Deming, MD, Kassie J. Dunbar, APSW, Joshua F. Lueck, MSN, Yoonsin Oh, PhD   +3 more
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Geographic distribution of hospice, homecare, and nursing home facilities and access to end-of-life care among persons living with HIV/AIDS in Appalachia.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundAccess to healthcare services, from diagnosis through end of life (EOL), is important among persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA).
Sadie P Hutson, Ashley Golden, Agricola Odoi   +2 more
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