Moving Forward: A Close Look at Healing Process After Traumatic Parental Death
Omega (Westport). 2024 Apr 30:302228241250242. doi: 10.1177/00302228241250242. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecovery from traumatic grief after parental loss is a challenging and gradual process. The current study aimed to capture the rich and nuanced experiences of adolescents' healing process after traumatically losing their parent(s). A phenomenological approach was utilized for data collection and analysis. To reach the research aim, interviews with 15 Iranian adolescents who had lost their parent(s) at least three-year ago were conducted. Two main themes from Colaizzi's analysis including Grief work and Rebuilding ne...
Source: Omega - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Zahra Asgari Azam Naghavi Source Type: research
Successful treatment with nivolumab in a patient with gastric cancer with severe liver failure resulting from multiple liver metastases: A case report
Oncol Lett. 2024 Apr 18;27(6):271. doi: 10.3892/ol.2024.14404. eCollection 2024 Jun.ABSTRACTGastric cancer (GC) is a globally prevalent and deadly malignancy often diagnosed at advanced stages, which can be accompanied by liver metastases. Conventional chemotherapy is contraindicated in patients with severe liver failure because several chemotherapeutic agents are metabolized by the liver. The present study reports on the successful use of nivolumab in a patient with advanced GC and severe liver failure owing to multiple liver metastases. A 57-year-old man was admitted to Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital (Izumo, Japan)...
Source: Oncology Letters - April 30, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Fumiyoshi Ikejiri Kanako Yokomizo Kenji Tamura Source Type: research
Comparative Analysis of Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of Patients With Heart Failure and Cancer Who Receive Palliative Care
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, healthcare professionals should focus on improving social support and caregiver role adoption and provide greater attention to the QoL of caregivers of patients with cancer.PMID:38687116 | DOI:10.1097/JCN.0000000000001097 (Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing)
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - April 30, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Mauricio Arias-Rojas Edith Arredondo Holg ín Sonia Carre ño-Moreno Source Type: research
Moving Forward: A Close Look at Healing Process After Traumatic Parental Death
Omega (Westport). 2024 Apr 30:302228241250242. doi: 10.1177/00302228241250242. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecovery from traumatic grief after parental loss is a challenging and gradual process. The current study aimed to capture the rich and nuanced experiences of adolescents' healing process after traumatically losing their parent(s). A phenomenological approach was utilized for data collection and analysis. To reach the research aim, interviews with 15 Iranian adolescents who had lost their parent(s) at least three-year ago were conducted. Two main themes from Colaizzi's analysis including Grief work and Rebuilding ne...
Source: Omega - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Zahra Asgari Azam Naghavi Source Type: research
Integration of Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
The aim is to better integrate palliative care into the nursing home to ensure residents receive timely goal concordant care and improve quality of life. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Julie Mazza, Priscilla Tutu, Charles Semelka Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Palliative Care Initiative in Preventing End-of-Life Hospital Transfers
Determine effectiveness of palliative initiative in our memory care unit (MCU) in preventing end-of-life (EOL) hospital transfers via a quality review study of all MCU deaths in the past 33 months to see if our transfer rate in last 30 days of life, a key quality indicator, is significantly below the 33% nursing home (NH) average cited in a systemic review study and the average for other units in our NH. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Howard J. Finger, Deepa Vinoo, Giorgio R. Sansone Source Type: research
Evaluating the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care
The objective of this proposed research was to implement and evaluate the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care (SPA-LTC; www.spaltc.ca) program. Specifically, we explored its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects (i.e., resident comfort, use of emergency department at end of life, and location of resident death). (Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Sharon Kaasalainen, Genevieve Thompson, Lorraine Venturato, Abigail Wickson-Griffiths, Paulette Hunter, Lynn McCleary Source Type: research
Virtual Reality (VR) as an Alternative Treatment in Palliative Care
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine the impact and viability of multiple virtual reality use-case platforms on overall patient outcomes in the palliative and long-term care setting. Nine areas were assessed utilizing a 1-10 Likert scale, pre- and post-participation, including well-being, anxiety, depression, shortness of breath, lack of appetite, nausea, drowsiness, tiredness, and pain. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara A. Bohn, Sabiha Kazi, Kayla G. Patterson Source Type: research
Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1751: Challenges and Opportunities in Breast Cancer Care in Low-Resourced Countries, Jordan as An Example
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Jordan is a relatively small country with a rapidly growing population and a challenged economy. Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women worldwide and also in Jordan. Though the age-standardized rate (ASR) of breast cancer incidence is still lower than that in Western societies, the number of newly diagnosed cases continues to increase, involving younger women, and new cases are usually detected at more advanced stages. Improvements in breast cancer care across the health care continuum, including early detection, prevention, treatment, and survivorship and palliative care, have become very visible, ...
Source: Cancers - April 30, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hikmat Abdel-Razeq Asem Mansour Tags: Review Source Type: research
Outcomes of a Multi-Site Mentored Implementation Approach to Promoting Goals of Care Conversations
The Preference-Aligned Communication and Treatment (PACT) Project is a multi-site quality improvement effort that has been shown to increase the frequency of goals of care (GOC) conversations in hospitalized patients with serious illness. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Gordon J. Wood, Rebecca K. Clepp, Jungwha Lee, Martha L. Twaddle, Adeboye Ogunseitan, Jayson Neagle, Eytan Szmuilowicz Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1755: Activation of the Anaphase Promoting Complex Restores Impaired Mitotic Progression and Chemosensitivity in Multiple Drug-Resistant Human Breast Cancer
Alan Harkness
The development of multiple-drug-resistant (MDR) cancer all too often signals the need for alternative toxic therapy or palliative care. Our recent in vivo and in vitro studies using canine MDR lymphoma cancer cells demonstrate that the Anaphase Promoting Complex (APC) is impaired in MDR cells compared to normal canine control and drug-sensitive cancer cells. Here, we sought to establish whether this phenomena is a generalizable mechanism independent of species, malignancy type, or chemotherapy regime. To test the association of blunted APC activity with MDR cancer behavior, we used matched parental and M...
Source: Cancers - April 30, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mathew Lubachowski Cordell VanGenderen Sarah Valentine Zach Belak Gerald Floyd Davies Terra Gayle Arnason Troy Anthony Alan Harkness Tags: Article Source Type: research
Exploring Aromatherapy as a Complementary Approach in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)
Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sara Gon çalves Pedro Marques Rita S. Matos Source Type: research
Inpatient Transition from Methadone to Buprenorphine –Naloxone Using a Microdosing Strategy in a Postoperative Cancer Patient: A Case Report
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)
Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Min Ji Kim Hayley Walker Matthew Clark Akhila Reddy Source Type: research
When Is the Optimal Time to Refer Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease to Palliative Care Specialists? #481
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)
Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Arun Ghoshal Sean Marks James Phillip Esteban Source Type: research
Alpha( α)-2 Receptor Agonists in Palliative Care
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)
Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - April 30, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: KerriAnn Boanca Joshua Borris Paul Noufi Source Type: research
