Terminal Care (Care, Terminal)

07/01/2016 - "This study aimed to identify the symptoms (medical/social/emotional) that most concerned parents at the end-of-life care of their cancer child and to identify the strategies parents found to be helpful during this period. "
04/02/2022 - "Identification of factors associated with high-intensity end-of-life care, such as the access to palliative care and specialized cancer center care management, may help to improve end-of-life care quality."
06/21/2017 - "The results suggest differences in end-of-life care pathways dependent on patient factors, with younger, community-dwelling patients and those with a history of cancer incurring significantly greater costs. "
01/01/2016 - "Participants affirmed the triple aim of pediatric oncology that strives for every child with cancer to be cured; provides high-quality palliative and psychosocial supportive, restorative, and rehabilitative care to children and families throughout the illness course and survivorship; and assures receipt of high-quality end-of-life care for patients with advancing disease. "
03/01/2013 - "Experience with caring for patients with terminal cancer was positively related to improvement in the decision of "truth telling is helpful to a good death." In addition, improvement in the perception of "compassionate care" was correlated with higher improvement in the decision of "discharge planning and home care." Compassion-focused training program can be helpful to improve medical students' competence in making more appropriate ethical decisions in end-of-life care."

01/01/2005 - "What defines the transition to end of life; What outcome variables are important indicators of the quality of the end-of-life experience for the dying person and for the surviving loved ones; What patient, family, and health care system factors are associated with improved or worsened outcomes; What processes and interventions are associated with improved or worsened outcomes; What are the future research directions for improving end-of-life care? "
11/03/2020 - "The use of SPICT for hospital admissions and the application of education in topics related to end-of-life care resulted in a significant improvement in nurses' confidence in recognising deteriorating and frail patients approaching their end of life. "
01/01/2019 - "These elements improved the quality of end-of-life of both residents and their family, thus suggesting a common ground between good end-of-life care and palliative care. "
01/01/2010 - "The objective of this study was to evaluate whether Ontario's End-of-Life Care Strategy, which aimed to shift care from acute settings to the home, improved performance on quality indicators for end-of-life home care patients in use of more home care services and fewer acute care services. "
04/01/2014 - "If caregivers and relatives embrace autonomy as a relational construct, attained through an open, active and reflective attitude, and have more access to knowledge about communication and how to identify end-of-life care needs, this could lead to improved respect for the ID persons' autonomy at the end of life. "

11/25/2018 - "While there is emerging evidence that Namaste Care may be beneficial for people with dementia, there is a need to conduct a feasibility study to establish the optimum way of delivering this complex intervention and whether benefits can be demonstrated in end-of-life care, for individuals and service delivery. "
01/01/2011 - "Textual analysis found that a palliative approach to end of life care in advanced dementia is both appropriate and effective in terms of benefit to patients and their significant others.Despite"
01/01/2006 - "Discrepancies between physician knowledge and current evidence regarding tube feeding in advanced dementia were found, indicating a need for improved education ofprimary care physicians in order to ultimately provide better end-of-life care for patients with advanced dementia."
05/27/2016 - "■ A need for improvement in healthcare professionals' knowledge of the disease trajectory of dementia with emphasis on end of life care, and a greater understanding of the process of ACP itself. "
07/01/2023 - "Findings can be used to inform development of improved end-of-life care pathways for people with dementia, but well-designed research studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated models of care for this vulnerable population."

12/01/2020 - "The implementation of a rectal catheter resulted in better control of symptoms, fewer titrations, and improvement in pain control and/or symptom management needs during end-of-life care management."
01/01/2019 - "Using Person's χ test and Fisher's exact test, our initial evaluation of the program showed statistically significant (p < .001) improvements in the measures related to the implementation of primary palliative care, pain and symptom management, and end-of-life care. "
11/01/2020 - "Experiencing improved assessment and control of pain in end-of-life care when using the Abbey Pain Scale systematically."
10/01/2008 - "Despite hospice's reputation as the gold standard for terminal care, there is still a need to improve pain management practices, including challenges that caregivers face, related to pain assessment, reluctance and fear of administering medication, noncompliance with pain medicine regimens, and hesitance to report pain. "
06/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to examine possible associations between LMI and certain aspects of end-of-life care practices in LTCC, such as nurse-documented patient experiences of pain, and prescription and administration of medication. "

01/02/2014 - "A randomised controlled trial on the efficacy of advance care planning on the quality of end-of-life care and communication in patients with COPD: the research protocol."
01/01/2017 - "The increase in proportion of short-stay admissions and the reduction in bed days suggest an impact of the service on early supported discharge and that this along with an improvement in patient clinical outcomes and in quality of end-of-life care shows that an exemplar integrated COPD service can provide benefits that equate to a nearly cost-neutral service."
10/01/2008 - "These data may help to inform the debate leading to the development of standards in end-of-life care for patients with COPD."
01/01/2022 - "Clinician Perspectives on How to Hold Earlier Discussions About Palliative and End-of-Life Care With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: A Qualitative Study."
01/01/2022 - "Qualitative studies were eligible if they reported open-ended patients,' carers' or healthcare professionals' experiences of end-of-life care for severe COPD. "