Background The advantages of timely prescribing for palliative patients is well documented (NICE. Care of dying adults in the last days of life. [NG31], 2015; NIHR. Health Social Care Serv Res.

Method In conjunction with our specialist palliative care teams, a tool was devised that considered the most common symptom issues. Categories were devised and a list of questions prompted our care co ...

Objective To evaluate the care of patients dying in hospital without support from specialists in palliative care (SPC), better understand their needs and factors influencing their care. Methods ...

Purpose Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) plays a crucial role in its management. This review summarizes ...

Methods We used a participatory research approach to refine the 2010 Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) and evaluate its use in clinical practice. We conducted an ongoing peer ...

Current lethal combinations and doses of drugs used in physician-assisted dying/suicide are untested, unlicensed and unregulated, with little pharmacological understanding of efficacy and safety at ...

Background End-of-life care practices in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are the focus of growing attention in Europe, due to rapidly increasing number of older persons living in LTCFs. The ...

Method A hospice in South-East England explored options to have visually pleasing, easily accessible outcome reports, available for hospice staff and service users. The hospice’s Outcome Champion ...

Objective Cachexia and nutritional problems play a major role in palliative care. Artificial nutrition such as parenteral nutrition is common but its role and indications in terminal patients remain ...

Objectives Improved understanding of the stability and consistency of symptom clusters across time, symptom dimensions and cancer diagnoses will lead to refinements in symptom assessments and ...

Results Between 2009 and 2013, 73% of patients who expressed a choice about their preferred place of death and 69.3% who wanted to die at home were able to achieve their preferences. During the course ...

Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability that can lower physical and mental ability and increase the risk of disability, hospitalisation, and admission to residential care (Clegg, Young, Iliffe, ...