Interventions for palliative symptom control in COVID19 patients, Cochrane Library
We found very low certainty evidence for the efficacy of pharmacological interventions for palliative symptom relief in COVID ‐19 patients. We found no evidence on the safety of pharmacological interventions or efficacy and safety of non‐pharmacological interventions for palliative symptom control in COVID‐19 patients. The evidence presented here has no specific implications for palliative symptom control in COVID‐ 19 patients because we cannot draw any conclusions about the effectiveness or safety based on the identified evidence. More evidence is needed to guide clinicians, nursing staff, and caregivers when trea...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kidney Patients Get Palliative Care, Dialysis'Til the End Kidney Patients Get Palliative Care, Dialysis'Til the End
Seattle ' s Northwest Kidney Centers, which pioneered kidney failure treatment 50 years ago, now pairs dying patients with hospice services without forcing them to forgo the comfort dialysis can provide.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Pharos Capital's Charter Health Care Group purchases San Antonio-based Generations Hospice Care
Pharos Capital Group, the private equity firm co-headquartered in Dallas and Nashville led by Kneeland Youngblood, announced on Aug. 11 that its California-based post-acute care provider platform had purchased San Antonio-based Generations Hospice Care.
Offering programs for patients in their final years of life, such as hospice, care management and palliative care, Cucamonga, Calif.-based Charter Health Care serves more than 5,000 patients in seven states, including Texas, according to a news release.… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 20, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: DBJ Staff Source Type: news
Social Security Adds Pericardial Mesothelioma to Disabilities List
The U.S. Social Security Administration has added pericardial mesothelioma to its Compassionate Allowances list, accelerating the disabilities application process for this very rare cancer.
Its decision was prompted by the work of Missy Miller, medical outreach director at The Mesothelioma Center. She made the request with the Social Security disability office almost a year ago on behalf of a patient.
The Compassionate Allowances program is reserved for severe medical diseases and conditions that automatically meet Social Security standards for disability benefits. It cuts short the often drawn-out application proces...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - August 18, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news
New Issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine
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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - July 22, 2021 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nursing staff needs leadership support to enable shared learning for team capacity in providing palliative care for persons with dementia at home or in nursing home
This study aimed to evaluate the types and forms of support nursing staff need in providing palliative care for persons with dementia in home care and nursing homes. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Palliative and end of life care
Information and resources for health and social care professionals to improve the quality of services and reduce inequalities in care. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dignity support at end of life
(Flinders University) At the end of life, people may have to rely on others for help with showering, dressing and going to the toilet. This loss of privacy and independence can be confronting and difficult. Now Australian occupational therapy (OT) researchers have interviewed 18 people receiving palliative care about how they feel about losing independence with self-care, specifically their intimate hygiene, as function declines with disease progression. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Canadian researchers build end-of-life predictor tool to support palliative care
The RESPECT calculator predicts frail people ’s survival to assist caregivers in deciding about end-of-life care and services.
(Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Louisiana Company Buys Home Health Provider in Crossett
LHC Group Inc. of Lafayette, Louisiana, announced Thursday agreements to purchase three home health, hospice, and palliative care providers in three states, including Arkansas. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - July 1, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Online symposium addresses issues of cancer research and palliative care
(Leopoldina) Why does pancreatic cancer develop, what new therapies might be effective against metastasis formation, and what is to be considered in palliative care? Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will address these questions at the virtual symposium of Class III Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 1, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Low-income patients may be less likely to receive medical assistance in dying
(Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) In Canada, low-income hospital patients under palliative care are less likely to receive medical assistance in dying compared to those who are high income. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Using computation to improve words: Novel tool could improve serious illness conversations
(Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont) Conversations between seriously ill people, their families and palliative care specialists lead to better quality-of-life. Understanding what happens during these conversations -- and how they vary by cultural, clinical, and situational contexts -- is essential to guide healthcare communication improvement efforts. True understanding requires methods to study conversations in large, inclusive, and multi-site epidemiological studies. A new computer model offers an automated and valid tool for such large-scale scientific analyses. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Texas home care provider enters Philadelphia market with purchase of a Montgomery County company
Post-acute care provider AccentCare Inc. is making a major push into the Philadelphia market with its acquisition of a Montgomery County-based home care provider.
Dallas-based AccentCare bought Southeastern Health Care at Home from Geneva Glenn Capital, a Chicago private equity firm. Financial terms of the deal involving privately-owned companies is being kept confidential.
Founded by two registered nurses in 1987, Southeastern Health Care at Home is a pr ovider of home, palliative and hospice… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 30, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: John George Source Type: news
Dyspnea Management for Hospitalized Patients at End-of-Life Dyspnea Management for Hospitalized Patients at End-of-Life
The experience of three palliative care teams provides insight into the strategies used for end-of-life dyspnea management in critically ill COVID-19 patients.Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - June 22, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Nursing Journal Article Source Type: news
