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Mapping end-of-life care for patients with neurological conditions in German hospices: a point prevalence survey [PDF]

BMJ Neurology Open
Background Access to palliative care for patients with neurological diseases remains limited. Contributing factors include difficulties in predicting disease trajectories, resource constraints in long-term care and challenges in identifying the end-of ...
Stefan Lorenzl, Susann Schmidt, Sarah Kristina Bublitz, André Klima, Benno Schäffer, Sabine Gleich   +5 more
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Development of a quality indicator set for day hospices in Germany – a multi-stage, quality-assured review of German guidelines and quality indicator sets [PDF]

BMC Palliative Care
Background Day hospices are an emerging component of outpatient palliative care in Germany. However, a standardized quality management system utilizing defined quality indicators has not yet been implemented.
Ulrich Kaiser, Ursula Vehling-Kaiser, Ana Hoffmann, Felix Kaiser, Michael Rechenmacher, Eleène Kaiser, Romina Chalupper, Moritz Fiedler, Florian Kaiser   +8 more
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The National Hospice and Palliative Care registry in Korea [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2022
The National Hospice and Palliative Care (NHPC) registry is a nationwide database in Korea that systematically collects information on terminally ill cancer patients receiving inpatient hospice care.
Kyuwoong Kim, Bohyun Park, Bonju Gu, Eun Jeong Nam, Sue Hyun Kye, Jin Young Choi   +5 more
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Dignity therapy for effective palliative care: a literature review [PDF]

Kosin Medical Journal, 2022
Dignity therapy for terminally ill patients in end-of-life care helps improve their psychological and spiritual well-being. In this study, the effectiveness and feasibility of dignity therapy in terminally ill patients were analyzed by reviewing previous
Se-Ryun Park, Yu-Jung Cha
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Inpatient Hospices in Germany: Medical Care Situation and Use of Supportive Oncological Therapies for Symptom Control in Tumor Patients

Palliative Medicine Reports, 2022
Background: More than 80% of the residents in German hospices suffer from tumor disease. But the administration of supportive-oncological therapies in hospices for symptom control is controversially discussed.
Ulrich Kaiser, Ursula Vehling-Kaiser, Ana Hoffmann, Florian Kaiser   +3 more
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A Review on Palliative Care Challenges and Benefits [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Palliative care is a treatment strategy that aims to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from various serious illnesses. Palliative care is provided to these patients by experts from multidisciplinary fields utilising a holistic approach ...
Amit Agrawal, Dalwinder Janjua, Roshan Chanchlani, Alejandro Pando   +3 more
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Prognostic models of survival in patients with advanced incurable cancer: the PiPS2 observational study

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: The Prognosis in Palliative care Study (PiPS) prognostic survival models predict survival in patients with incurable cancer. PiPS-A (Prognosis in Palliative care Study – All), which involved clinical observations only, and PiPS-B (Prognosis ...
Patrick Stone, Anastasia Kalpakidou, Chris Todd, Jane Griffiths, Vaughan Keeley, Karen Spencer, Peter Buckle, Dori-Anne Finlay, Victoria Vickerstaff, Rumana Z Omar   +9 more
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Charitably funded hospices and the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study (CovPall)

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Independent charitably funded hospices have been an important element of the UK healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospices usually have different funding streams, procurement processes, and governance arrangements compared to NHS ...
Ian W Garner, Catherine Walshe, Lesley Dunleavey, Andy Bradshaw, Nancy Preston, Lorna K Fraser, Fliss EM Murtagh, Adejoke O Oluyase, Katherine E Sleeman, Mevhibe Hocaoglu, Sabrina Bajwah, Rachel L Chambers, Matthew Maddocks, Irene J Higginson   +13 more
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The Experience to Implement Palliative Care in Long-term Care Facilities: A Grounded Theory Study of Caregivers

Asian Nursing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of caregivers in long-term care facilities as they implement palliative care. Although palliative care has been available in Taiwan for more than 30 years, it is often provided in ...
Shu-Wan Chiang, Shu-Chen Wu, Tai-Chu Peng   +2 more
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In Search of Hospice Information: Consumer Information Available on Hospice Compare and Yelp

Palliative Medicine Reports, 2020
Background: The hospice industry has expanded in recent years with limited oversight and few consumer-facing resources to assist consumers in selecting hospice agencies to care for their family members.
Anna N. Rahman, Susan Enguidanos
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