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The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial

British medical journal, 2010
Objective To investigate the impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients. Design Prospective randomised controlled trial. Setting Single centre study in a university hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
K. Detering, A. Hancock, M. Reade, W. Silvester   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancing Oncological Care for India's Aging Population: Addressing the Complex Needs of Older Adults With Cancer

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Aging‐associated physiological and molecular alterations pose significant challenges in cancer management among India's elderly. Limited geriatric oncology expertise, financial constraints, and inadequate specialized care exacerbate disparities. Strategic expansion of insurance coverage, integration of palliative care, and infrastructural advancements ...
Nihanthy D. Sreenath, Mathigatta Shivarudraiah S, Rajath Govind, Kaushik M R   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients and their care providers.
A Worth, C Pentheny O’Kelly De, D Coleman, E Wilkinson, Edwina Brown, Emma Wilkinson, F Murtagh, G Randhawa, Graham Warwick, Gurch Randhawa, J Kai, J Koffman, J Reit Papp Van, J Ritchie, JE Somerville, John Stoves, Ken Farrington, M Silva Gane Da, M Silva Gane Da, Maria Da Silva Gane, N Evans, P Roderick, Regina Magee, S Chandna, S Davison, S Gunda, Sue Sharman, Tahira Akhtar   +27 more
core   +4 more sources

A person centred care plan – or a plan for patient care?

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2016
Introduction: Counties Manukau Health (CMH) delivers services to an ethnically diverse population, including a high proportion of our indigenous population, high rates of deprivation and people with complexity in terms of multiple long term conditions and social disadvantage.
openaire   +3 more sources

Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim, Kelsey Steffen, Lauren Gottschalk‐Henneberry, Jennifer Miros, Amy Robichaux‐Viehoever, Karen Taca, Bhooma R. Aravamuthan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspective of geriatric patients on advance care planning in Denmark: a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2022
Kirstine Dahmke, Elisabeth Nielsen-Hannerup, Ida Søndergaard Madsen, Sofie Aagaard Rerup, Emilie Ramberg, Maurice Antoine Lembeck, Hanne Pedersen, Ellen Holm   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

Improving Advance Directive Use Through Provider Education at Newtown Primary Care [PDF]

, 2018
Nationally, there seems to be a discrepancy between a patient\u27s desire to talk about end-of-life care and their act of doing so. An advance directive is a legal document that enables an individual facilitate an end-of-life care discussion with someone.
Wong, Timothy
core   +1 more source

Tracking Motor Progression and Device‐Aided Therapy Eligibility in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterise the progression of motor symptoms and identify eligibility for device‐aided therapies in Parkinson's disease, using both the 5‐2‐1 criteria and a refined clinical definition, while examining differences across genetic subgroups.
David Ledingham, Sahana Sathyanarayana, Charlotte B. Stewart, Robyn Iredale, Victoria Foster, Debra Galley, Mark Baker, Nicola Pavese   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventative tele-health supported services for early stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial pilot [PDF]

, 2011
Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a prevalent debilitating long term condition. It is the second most common cause of emergency admission to hospital in the UK and remains one of the most costly conditions to treat through ...
D Altman, Deborah A Fitzsimmons, Gail A Mountain, H Florence Sueng Kim, H Pinnock, Jill Thompson, Mark Hawley, R Meldrum   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

Altered Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity in Post‐Stroke Aphasia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Previous studies examining post‐stroke aphasia (PSA) patients via resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs‐fMRI) have predominantly focused on static functional connectivity. In contrast, the current investigation aims to elucidate the alterations in dynamic functional network connectivity (dFNC) among PSA patients ...
Guihua Xu, Yongsheng Wu, Junyu Qu, Rui Zhu, Wenwen Xu, Jiaxiang Xin, Dawei Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source