End-of-life care for homeless people in shelter-based nursing care settings: A retrospective record study.

CONCLUSIONS: End-of-life care for homeless persons residing in shelter-based nursing care settings is characterised and challenged by comorbidities, uncertain prognoses, complicated social circumstances and many transitions to other settings. Multilevel end-of-life care improvements, including increased interdisciplinary collaboration, are needed to reduce transitions and suffering of this vulnerable population at the end of life.
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Source: Palliative Medicine - July 29, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: van Dongen SI, Klop HT, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, de Veer AJ, Slockers MT, van Laere IR, van der Heide A, Rietjens JA Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research