Nurses play an important role in monitoring and supporting patients and their relatives at the end of life.
To date, there is a lack of recent empirical research on the experiences of psychiatric nurses in providing palliative care to psychiatric patients who suffer from life-threatening physical co-morbidity.
The limited literature available indicates that palliative care for psychiatric patients needs to be improved. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life of patients and families through the prevention and relief of suffering. Frequently, patients may choose to receive palliative care in the home. The objective of this paper is to summarize the quality and primary outcomes measured within the palliative care in the home literature. This will synthesize the current state of the literature and inform future work.
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The author reflects on the results of the National Survey off Bereaved People. Topics covered include the percentage of respondents who rated the overall quality of end-of-life care for their relative as outstanding, the lower percentage of respondents who evaluated hospital case as outstanding and the reasons for the stagnation in the survey results. Also mentioned is the commitment to promote high-quality care for adults at the end of their life. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Neurodegenerative diseases progress slowly, creating increasing physical disability with unpredictable disease trajectories. The disease’s life-threatening nature often places these patients in palliative care. There are several factors that complicate the care of patients with neurodegenerative diseases in palliative care units. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The only certainty is that every one of us will die. Nothing else in healthcare in the UK applies to 100% of our population.” So stated Baroness Professor Finlay of Llandaff when she introduced the Access to Palliative Care Bill in the House of Lords.1 This was an apt reminder of the importance of good end-of-life care for every dying person and their loved ones, no matter where they die or which healthcare professionals are caring for them at the end of their life. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Palliative care is defined by the WHO2 as ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and …....To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
News: Nurses could play a pivotal role in reducing ‘invasive and potentially harmful’ treatments experienced by older people during their last weeks of life, a leading cancer nurse has said. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Nigel Hawkes finds out how the nominees for the palliative care award are working to improve care and keep people out of hospital. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Many patients with kidney disease who are nearing the end of life will want to embark on a palliative pathway of care, but may not want to withdraw from haemodialysis altogether, as it can provide important symptom relief. Home haemodialysis can facilitate the concept of palliative haemodialysis, as it can be carried out either at home or in a hospice setting. In this article, Sunita Nair and Natalie Borman describe the experience of two UK renal units in the application of palliative haemodialysis. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.