More research is needed to understand how to provide optimal palliative dementia care to people living at home
Dementia is a leading cause of death,1 and keeping people with dementia at home for longer is a key governmental goal. There is growing recognition that dementia is a terminal illness and a palliative care approach may be appropriate. The EAPC provides a comprehensive definition of palliative dementia care and a framework for outcomes of good end-of-life care.2 Palliative dementia care should be continuous, proactive person-centred care with timely recognition of the dying phase while providing comfort, psychosocial and spiritual support and avoiding unnecessary burdensome treatments. Despite this recommendation, people li...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Drill or Not to Drill: Management of Endodontic Emergencies and In-Process Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Conclusions: Palliative care for management of endodontic emergencies is a successful option when aerosol-generating procedures are restricted. This treatment approach maybe be considered in an effort to reduce risk of transmission of COVID-19 infection during subsequent shutdowns. Prolonged Ca(OH)2 medicament due to COVID-19 related delays in treatment completion appeared to have minimal effect on survival of teeth. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 8, 2020 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
In pandemic era, the term palliative care is even more scary for some. So specialists want to rename it.
People erroneously think that they are being sent to physicians who will help them die. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haider J. Warraich Source Type: news
Palliative Care Explored for Long-Term Neurological Conditions
MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 -- For patients with long-term neurological conditions, a short-term integrated palliative care (SIPC) intervention does not alter palliative care outcomes or patient-reported outcomes compared with standard care, according to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 31, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New palliative care model shown to reduce costs without compromising on quality of care
(King's College London) Findings from a large-scale clinical trial testing a new palliative care model have shown to be lower cost, viewed positively by patients and their carers while showing no difference in patient-reported outcomes when compared with standard care. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Epidemiology of fear, sadness and anger expression in palliative care conversations - Gramling R, Straton J, Ingersoll LT, Clarfeld LA, Hirsch L, Gramling CJ, Durieux BN, Rizzo DM, Eppstein MJ, Alexander SC.
CONTEXT: Advancing the science of serious illness communication requires methods for measuring characteristics of conversations in large studies. Understanding which characteristics predict clinically important outcomes can help prioritize attention to sca... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Developing a replicable model to provide palliative care in nursing homes
(Regenstrief Institute) Research scientists from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and University of Maryland are working to develop a model for delivering palliative care (focused on providing comfort and relief) to people living in nursing homes to improve their quality of life. While access to palliative care has become the standard of care in the hospital setting, it is not routinely available in nursing homes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Healing moral injury of seriously ill Vietnam veterans: a Veterans Affairs (VA) and National Hospice Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) collaboration (FR456) - Blackstone K, Dinescu A, Currie-Gill B, Ramsey-Lucas CA, Wilson MS, Laramie JA, Morgan R, Watson P.
Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the military during the Vietnam War (1961-1975). 58,000 died, and many others endured traumatic experiences in combat. Soldiers returning home after the war often faced scorn in the popular press and in their c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Covid-19: Guidelines for Community Palliative Care which is the'Best in Show'?, CEBM
This blog compares some of the guidelines for palliative care at home that have been produced in response to this pandemic, focusing mainly on symptom relief. It aims to identify which are the best, and highlight areas requiring further clarification. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Early Palliative Care Fails to Improve QOL in Advanced Heart Failure Early Palliative Care Fails to Improve QOL in Advanced Heart Failure
Benefits were seen, however, in patients starting with poor quality of life, suggesting a need for dynamic palliative care interventions that can readily adapt to the patient ' s needs.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 3, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Can We Survive the Elder Care Crisis in the Age of COVID-19?
I have spent a lifetime in medicine caring and advocating for aging patients, and worrying about them. Meanwhile, medicine has changed from a profession centered on the relationship between one doctor and one patient, into a highly profitable industry centered on expensive procedures and pharmaceuticals — on technology over touch. There has been one major exception to this trend: the subspecialty area of geriatrics, notably long-term care (LTC) medicine and palliative care. Our older citizens are dying by the tens of thousands, yet who does CMS blame for the disgraceful number of COVID-19 deaths in LTC? The facilities th...
Source: Caring for the Ages - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Jerald Winakur Tags: Meditations on Geriatric medicine Source Type: news
Palliative Care Amid the Pandemic: Resources for PALTC Providers and Families
As the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold and the death rate begins to take shape with accurate reporting and more frequent testing, David Grabowski, Ph.D., a researcher at Harvard Medical School ’s Health Care Policy Department who studies nursing homes, says that when the final data are in, nursing homes will probably account for about half of all COVID-19 deaths in every state — as they already do in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, among others (New York Times, May 5, 202 0, https://nyti.ms/3cwZGC5). (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Melissa McClean, Victoria Nalls Source Type: news
Dementia care: The one thing you can do to help a loved one with the condition
DEMENTIA is a debilitating condition. Alzheimer's Research UK predicts the number of people living with dementia who need palliative care will almost quadruple by 2040. Here's one thing you can do now to help a loved one with the brain disease. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Psychiatry Trainees Drive COVID-19 Palliative Care in New York Psychiatry Trainees Drive COVID-19 Palliative Care in New York
In New York this past spring, one hospital system met the growing demand for palliative care for COVID-19 patients in acute care and emergency settings by training and redeploying psychiatry trainees.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - July 22, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Will COVID-19 Permanently Change Cancer Care?
COVID-19 cases are surging again in parts of the U.S., but that doesn ’t mean other medical issues can be put on hold. Cancer care is particularly complex in the age of COVID-19, said panelists during a July 13 and 14 National Academies webinar, Opportunities and Challenges for Using Digital Health Applications in Oncology. It involves a spectrum of services — inc luding screening, diagnostics, surgery, radiation, palliative care, and survivorship care. (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - July 20, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: news
