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Patients with advancing illness have one or more serious conditions (like cancer, congestive heart failure, or dementia, for example) and are experiencing symptoms that impact their quality of life and activities of daily living. In addition, they may be having side effects from treatments, problems eating, frequent emergency department visits, or hospitals readmissions. They may be in an end-of-life stage and could be receiving palliative or hospice care. They rely heavily on paid and unpaid caregivers.
       

Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - January 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tanya Shah, Meredith Brown, Becky Reed, Jason Hessing, Christine Maldonado Source Type: research