Mindfulness and compassion training on daily work with patients and within the multiprofessional palliative care team: a retrospective self-assessment study
Palliative care teams work under challenging conditions in a sensitive setting with difficult tasks. The multi-professional team can play an important role. Mindfulness and compassion-based practices are used ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Franziska Lautwein, Manuela Schallenburger, Alexandra Scherg, Daniel Schlieper, Andr é Karger, Yesche Udo Regel, Jacqueline Schwartz and Martin Neukirchen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Views of people living with dementia and their carers on their present and future: a qualitative study
Discussions about the future often happen late or never, partly due to reluctance or fear. In a ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Danielle Nimmons, Jill Manthorpe, Emily West, Greta Rait, Elizabeth L Sampson, Steve Iliffe and Nathan Davies Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effect of palliative care decisions making on hospital service use at end-of-life in patients with malignant brain tumors: a retrospective study
Palliative care (PC) improves Quality of life and reduces the symptom burden. Aggressive treatments at end of life (EOL) postpone PC. The aim of this single-center retrospective study was to evaluate the timin... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Nelli-Sofia N åhls, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Tiina Saarto, Outi Hirvonen and Anu Anttonen Tags: Research Source Type: research
What do health care professionals want to know about assisted dying? Setting the research agenda in New Zealand
New Zealand recently introduced law permitting terminally ill people to request and receive assisted dying (AD) in specified circumstances. Given the nature and complexity of this new health service, research ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jessica Young, Jeanne Snelling, Sophie Beaumont, Kate Diesfeld, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Jacqualine Robinson, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Gary Cheung, Aida Dehkhoda, Richard Egan, James Jap, Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke, Leanne Manson, Cam McLaren and Janine Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessing the implementation and effectiveness of early integrated palliative care in long-term care facilities in France: an interventional mixed-methods study protocol
Majority of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) have limited and delayed access to palliative care even though many suffer from incurable chronic illnesses that will likely require the provision of p... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Emmanuel Bagaragaza, Isabelle Colombet, Mireille Perineau, Philippe Aegerter and Fr édéric Guirimand Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on processes, resource use and cost in palliative care
The COVID-19 pandemic impacts on working routines and workload of palliative care (PC) teams but information is lacking how resource use and associated hospital costs for PC changed at patient-level during the... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 6, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Farina Hodiamont, Caroline Schatz, Eva Schildmann, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Katerina Hriskova, Constanze R émi, Reiner Leidl, Susanne Tänzler and Claudia Bausewein Tags: Research Source Type: research
The clinical practice of palliative sedation in patients dying from COVID-19: a retrospective chart review
Clinical experts experienced challenges in the practice of palliative sedation (PS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid deterioration in patients ’ situation was observed while the indications for starting PS s... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - April 4, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Maaike Rijpstra, Evelien Kuip, Jeroen Hasselaar and Kris Vissers Tags: Research Source Type: research
Palliative care in severe mental illnesses
In this editorial, we highlight the interaction between patients who are diagnosed with severe mental illness and their treatment within palliative care, a clinical area of specialized focus which has a multit... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 30, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Eva Katharina Masel, B árbara Antunes and Christian Schulz-Quach Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Perspectives across Canada about implementing a palliative approach in long-term care during COVID-19
Long-term care (LTC) homes have been disproportionately impacted during COVID-19. (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 30, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Julia Kruizinga, Stephanie Lucchese, Shirin Vellani, Vanessa Maradiaga Rivas, Sandy Shamon, Karine Diedrich, Laurel Gillespie and Sharon Kaasalainen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Spiritual well-being correlates with quality of life of both cancer and non-cancer patients in palliative care - further validation of EORTC QLQ-SWB32 in Finnish
The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has developed the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-SWB32), a measure of spiritual well-being validated with people receiving ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 30, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Raimo Goyarrola, Jari Lipsanen, Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, Raili Suviranta, Eeva Rahko, Annamarja Lamminm äki, Tuula Klaavuniemi, Satu Ahtiluoto, Antti Ohvanainen, Pekka Metso and Reino Pöyhiä Tags: Research Source Type: research
The impacts of the scope of benefits expansion on hospice care among adult decedents: a nationwide longitudinal observational study
Compared to aggressive treatment for patients at the end stage of life, hospice care might be more likely to satisfy such patients ’ need and benefits and improve their dignity and quality of life. Whether the ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 29, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tsung-Hsien Yu, Frank Leigh Lu, Chung-Jen Wei and Wei-Wen Wu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Simulation-based learning in palliative care in postgraduate nursing education: a scoping review
Nurses require advanced competence in palliative care, but they face wide variations in education and a shortage in opportunities for clinical placement. Simulation-based learning (SBL) can enable students to ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 29, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Karoline Skedsmo, Andr éa Aparecida Gonçalves Nes, Hege Vistven Stenseth, Kristin Hofsø, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Deborah Hilderson, Dieter Smis, Carina Lundh Hagelin, Camilla Olaussen, Marianne Trygg Solberg, Hanne Maria Bingen, Mia Alexandra Ølnes and Tags: Research Source Type: research
Muslim patients in the U.S. confronting challenges regarding end-of-life and palliative care: the experiences and roles of hospital chaplains
Hospital chaplains aid patients confronting challenges related to palliative and end-of-life care, but relatively little is known about how chaplains view and respond to such needs among Muslim patients, and h... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 27, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Robert Klitzman, Gabrielle Di Sapia Natarelli, Elizaveta Garbuzova, Stephanie Sinnappan and Jay Al-Hashimi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation, barriers, and recommendations for further development of advance care planning for the last phase of life in nursing homes in Germany (Gut-Leben): protocol for a mixed-methods study
Nursing home entry often marks the transition into the end-of-life. In 2018, Germany legally introduced reimbursement for advance care planning (ACP according to § 132 g SGB V) in nursing homes that applied fo... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 24, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Stephanie Stiel, Anna Levke Br ütt, Jona T Stahmeyer, Anne W E Bockelmann, Tanja Schleef, Anna Völkel and Falk Hoffmann Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
“My everyday life has returned to normal”- Experiences of patients and relatives with a palliative day care clinic: a qualitative evaluation study
Palliative day care clinics (PDCCs) complement inpatient and home palliative care and provide access to a range of multi-professional services. However, they are not part of standard care in Germany. Yet, inte... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - March 17, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Anne M üller, Alfred Paul, Johannes Best, Stephanie Kunkel, Raymond Voltz and Julia Strupp Tags: Research article Source Type: research
