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What makes palliative care needs “complex”? A multisite sequential explanatory mixed methods study of patients referred for specialist palliative care

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Specialist palliative care (SPC) providers tend to use the term ‘complex’ to refer to the needs of patients who require SPC. However, little is known about complex needs on first referral to a SPC service.
Anne M. Finucane, Connie Swenson, John I. MacArtney, Rachel Perry, Hazel Lamberton, Lucy Hetherington, Lisa Graham-Wisener, Scott A. Murray, Emma Carduff   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in a specialist palliative care setting and the role of intravenous iron: a descriptive analysis of hospice data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

AMRC Open Research, 2021
Background: Anaemia is common in hospice populations and associated with significant symptom burden. Guidelines recommend investigating for and treating iron deficiency (ID), but there is little evidence of this practice in palliative care populations ...
Thomas Steele, Amara Callistus Nwosu, Laura Chapman, Helen Bonwick   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communicating with young children who have a parent dying of a life-limiting illness: a qualitative systematic review of the experiences and impact on healthcare, social and spiritual care professionals

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Healthcare professionals play a key role in interacting with children who have a parent with a life-limiting illness. While playing such a role can be challenging, not much is known about how such interactions impact these professionals and ...
Lasitha M. Wickramasinghe, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Poh Heng Chong, Bridget Johnston   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘I really feel like I am ageing early’: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC)

BMJ Public Health
Objectives This study aims to explore the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC) and how they perceive and navigate adulthood, to identify challenges and opportunities for improved care and support.Methods A qualitative ...
Poh Heng Chong, Xiangyi Chen, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Celene Ting, Ya Nee Poh, Qishun Raymond Ang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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 ...
Irish Hospice Foundation
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Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Uptake of an Alternative Call Management Strategy for Home-Based Hospice Care

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: In home-based hospice care, frontline nurses frequently need to take unscheduled incoming calls while out in the field. This interrupts critical tasks and disrupts patient rapport, potentially lowering care quality for patients.
Winnie Choo, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Xiang Yi Chen, Lily Li, Lan Miao, Xiao Juan Lyu, Poh Heng Chong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Irish Hospice Foundation Annual Report 2021

, 2022
he pandemic created a very challenging environment for IHF to achieve its vision of an Ireland where people experiencing dying, death and bereavement are provided with the care and support they need and where every death matters.
Irish Hospice Foundation
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Time to relect- Irish Hospice Foundation survey about death, dying and bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic

, 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.
Irish Hospice Foundation
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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu, Philip Junior Nyarko, Precious Madzimbe, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Tawagidu Mohammed, Sandra Banini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source