Palliative rehabilitation and quality of life: systematic review and meta-analysis ...

Objectives We established an integrated palliative homecare programme for advanced dementia. This study explores patients’ symptoms and quality-of-life and their association with enteral feeding, ...

Objective Cultural backgrounds and values have a decisive impact on the phenomenon of the wish to die (WTD), and examination of this in Mediterranean countries is in its early stages. The objectives ...

5 Centre for Aging Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 6 Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Background Family caregivers of patients with ...

Background Precise prognostic information, if available, is very helpful for guiding treatment decisions and resource allocation in patients with non-cancer non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs).

Correspondence to Dr Gary Rodin, Department of Supportive Care, 16–724, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9; ...

Background Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and families facing challenges associated with life-threatening illness. In order to effectively deliver ...

Correspondence to Professor Geoffrey Mitchell, Primary Care Clinical Unit, University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; g.mitchell{at}uq.edu.au Background With an ...

Objectives Facilitated advance care planning (ACP) helps family carers’ to be aware of patient preferences. It can improve family carers’ involvement in decision making and their overall experiences ...

1 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, End-of-life Care Research Group, Brussels, Belgium Context Advance care planning (ACP) interventions have the potential to improve outcomes for ...

Although advance care planning (ACP) is highly relevant for nursing home residents, its uptake in nursing homes is low. To meet the need for context-specific ACP tools to support nursing home staff in ...

Correspondence to Dr Kelly O'Malley, New England GRECC, VA Boston Health Care System Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston, MA 02130, USA; kelly.omalley{at}va.gov Context Psychological symptoms are common ...