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End-of-Life Symptoms in Adult Patients With Stroke in the Last Two Years of Life: An Integrative Review
CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for better assessment and management of EOL symptoms in patients with stroke. Established palliative and EOL care guidelines need to be incorporated into clinical practice to ensure access to high-quality care.PMID:37615127 | DOI:10.1177/10499091231197657
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - August 24, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Hanna Ramsburg Helene J Moriarty Meredith MacKenzie Greenle Source Type: research

Sometimes a Difficult Decision to Swallow: Ethical Dilemmas When Patients with Dysphagia who Lack Capacity Want to Eat
Mr. J is an 82-year-old retired farmer with a preexisting diagnosis of moderate vascular dementia who recently suffered a stroke resulting in a new diagnosis of dysphagia and a loss of complex decision-making capacity. He is admitted to a hospital rehabilitation unit for a course of speech, physical and occupational therapy. His wife, Mrs. J, is his surrogate and has made clear that the couple's shared goals of care are for him to regain as much function as possible so he can return to his own home.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - October 19, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Meaghann S. Weaver, Cynthia M.A. Geppert Tags: Ethical Issues in Palliative Care Source Type: research

Virtual Reality in Today’s Healthcare Settings: An Analysis Using the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health
Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a treatment modality across a variety of healthcare settings. Integrating a new technology as a form of therapy requires informed analysis to ensure that it is an effective, efficient, safe and valuable addition to the client experience. Using the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health as a framework, this detailed analysis examines the application of VR in pain management, mental health, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care. Through this multifocal lens, gaps are identified and a glimpse is provided into VR's potential for widespread adoption across healthcare settings.
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - July 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Hospice Composition Based on Diagnosis is Associated with Caregiver-Reported Quality Measures
Conclusion: Hospices that cared for a greater proportion of dementia and stroke patients had poorer scores on caregiver-reported quality measures. These findings support efforts to identify mechanisms underlying these differences and to design strategies to ensure optimal outcomes for hospice patients regardless of diagnosis.PMID:35442840 | DOI:10.1177/10499091221088497
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - April 20, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sulaiman Alshakhs Elisabeth Sweet Elizabeth Luth M C Reid Charles R Henderson Veerawat Phongtankuel Source Type: research

Retrospective Analysis of CHA2DS2-VASc and HAS-BLED Scores for Hospitalized Palliative Care Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (S516)
1. Determine the risks and benefits of oral anticoagulation for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and serious or advanced illness2. Evaluate the risk categories for stroke and bleed risk in terms of prescribing practices for oral anticoagulation for patients with AF and serious or advanced illness
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 12, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Abby Stevens, PharmD, Kathryn Walker, PharmD CPE, Kristin Watson, PharmD BCCP, Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD MA MDE BCPS Source Type: research

Palliative and End-of-Life Care After Severe Stroke
This study sought to determine the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes associated with PCC for patients hospitalized with severe ischemic stroke.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 4, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amber R. Comer, Linda S. Williams, Stephanie Bartlett, Lynn D'Cruz, Katlyn Endris, McKenzie Marchand, Isabel Zepeda, Sumeet Toor, Carly Waite, Areeba Jawed, Robert Holloway, Claire J. Creutzfeldt, James E. Slaven, Alexia M. Torke Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Tube feeding in patients with dementia is associated with a longer palliative care unit stay
CONCLUSION: The present study showed that, in patients with an established diagnosis of dementia, TF is common and independently associated with a longer length of PCU stay. Nevertheless, the study was underpowered and the results deserve confirmation in larger studies.PMID:34971282 | DOI:10.1002/alz.052919
Source: The Journal of Alzheimers Association - December 31, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hilal Zengin Ilker Tasci Source Type: research

Improving Access to Specialist Palliative Care for Patients with Catastrophic Strokes: A Quality Improvement Project to Trigger Inpatient Palliative Care Consultations (QI730)
The American Stroke Association strongly recommends palliative care for patients hospitalized with catastrophic strokes to improve shared decision-making and relieve suffering. An automatic trigger to consider a consult for these patients may improve access to palliative care. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a good predictor of short- and long-term outcomes and high scores (>= 20) are associated with poorer prognosis.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 23, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Vandana Nagpal, Marcey Osgood, Jennifer Reidy Source Type: research

Outpatient Cardiac Palliative Care Reduces Healthcare Utilization (RP524)
The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have put forth policy statements recommending early and continuous access to palliative care for patients with advanced heart disease. Early integration of palliative care has been proven to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced heart failure. Other studies have suggested that palliative care in general has cost savings to hospital systems.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - June 20, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Todd Barrett Source Type: research

Development of an indicator set for the evaluation of the population-based integrated healthcare model 'Gesundes Kinzigtal' (Healthy Kinzigtal).
CONCLUSION: On the basis of a broadly based research and participatory development process, a set of indicators has been developed that enables comprehensive evaluation of the regional quality of care of cross-indication, integrated care models focusing on common diseases. In order to be able to increasingly evaluate aspects of care coordination and patient orientation, health promotion as well as nursing, palliative and emergency care in the future, it would be helpful if routine data were collected or made accessible in these areas as well. PMID: 32467041 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - May 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes Source Type: research