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Disparities in Palliative and Hospice Care and Completion of Advance Care Planning and Directives Among Non-Hispanic Blacks: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature

The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2020
Objectives: Published research in disparities in advance care planning, palliative, and end-of-life care is limited. However, available data points to significant barriers to palliative and end-of-life care among minority adults.
M. Bazargan, S. Bazargan-Hejazi
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Who needs and continues to need paediatric palliative care? An evaluation of utility and feasibility of the Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS)

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background While the populations of children who can benefit from paediatric palliative care (PPC) have been broadly defined, identifying individual patients to receive PPC has been problematic in practice.
Poh Heng Chong, Janice Soo, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Raymond Qishun Ang, Celene Ting   +4 more
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An Exploration of the Challenges for Oncology Nurses in Providing Hospice Care in Mainland China: A Qualitative Study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021
Objective: Although there has been an increasing emphasis on assisting nurses with providing quality hospice care to patients and family members, few studies have explored the challenges that oncology nurses face when delivering hospice care in the ...
Ruishuang Zheng, Qiaohong Guo, Zhiqian Chen, Lili Ma, Susan McClement   +4 more
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Role of Hospice Care at the End of Life for People With Cancer.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2020
Patient-defined factors that are important at the end of life include being physically independent for as long as possible, good symptom control, and spending quality time with friends and family.
D. Currow, M. Agar, J. Phillips
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Sociodemographic Disparities in Access to Hospice and Palliative Care: An Integrative Review

The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2021
Background: There is growing evidence of disparities in access to hospice and palliative care services to varying degrees by sociodemographic groups. Underlying factors contributing to access issues have received little systematic attention.
Katie E. Nelson, R. Wright, Anna Peeler, Teresa N. Brockie, P. Davidson   +4 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Hospice Care Services: A Cohort Study in Taiwan

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2020
Context Hospice care focuses on improving the quality of end-of-life care and respecting patients’ preferences regarding end-of-life treatment.
Y. Chou, Yung-Feng Yen, Yung-Feng Yen, R. Feng, M. Wu, Ya-Ling Lee, Ya-Ling Lee, Dachen Chu, Dachen Chu, Sheng-Jean Huang, Sheng-Jean Huang, J. Curtis, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Hsiao-Yun Hu   +13 more
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Virtual Reality for Therapeutic Recreation in Dementia Hospice Care: A Feasibility Study

The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2020
Objectives: To explore acceptability, tolerability, and subjective experience of virtual reality (VR) as therapeutic recreation for hospice patients living with dementia (hPLWD). Design: Descriptive study setting. Community Hospice Agency Participants: A
Claire Ferguson, M. Shade, Julie Blaskewicz Boron, E. Lyden, N. Manley   +4 more
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Hospice Care [PDF]

JAMA, 2012
“Recently a friend’s mother, Alice, was diagnosed with lung cancer, and even though she received all the possible treatments, the cancer was incurable. She went into hospice care so that she could get professional help in preparing herself and her family for her death.” This 2-page Family Album Radio transcript was written by Suzanna Smith and ...
Janet M. Torpy, Alison Burke, Robert M. Golub   +2 more
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Development of an eHealth information resource for family carers supporting a person receiving palliative care on the island of Ireland

BMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background Many people receiving palliative care wish to die at home. Often, support from family or friends is key to ensuring that this wish is fulfilled. However, carers report feeling underprepared to undertake this role.
David Scott, Peter Hudson, Karen Charnley, Cathy Payne, Gareth Westcott   +4 more
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Hospice care utilisation among elderly patients who died with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States

JHEP Reports, 2021
Background & Aims: The benefits of hospice care in Medicare recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been fully evaluated, which we aimed to study. Methods: We used nationally representative samples of the Medicare beneficiaries in the
Victor de Avila, James M. Paik, Leyla de Avila, Linda Henry, Denise Mohess, Alva Roche-Green, Zobair M. Younossi   +6 more
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