Use of the Palliative Performance Scale to Estimate Survival among Home Hospice Heart Failure Patients
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.315
Abstract: Background Estimating survival is challenging in the terminal phase of advanced heart failure. Patients, families and healthcare organizations would benefit from more reliable prognostic tools. The Palliative Performance Scale Version 2 (PPSv2) has been widely… read more here.
Keywords: failure; home hospice; survival; heart failure ... See more keywords
Events Leading to Hospital-Related Disenrollment of Home Hospice Patients: A Study of Primary Caregivers' Perspectives
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0550
Abstract: Abstract Background: Approximately 25% of hospice disenrollments in the United States occur as the result of hospitalization, which can lead to burdensome transitions and undesired care. Informal caregivers (e.g., spouses, children) play a critical role… read more here.
Keywords: hospital related; hospice; related disenrollment; home hospice ... See more keywords
Disruptions in Home Hospice Care due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0037
Abstract: Background: There is limited evidence regarding the challenges of providing hospice care to those dying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To describe the challenges of home hospice care and the specific types of… read more here.
Keywords: hospice; care; home hospice; hospice care ... See more keywords
Translating Research to Practice: Providing Critically Ill Children the Opportunity to Go Home or to Hospice for End-of-Life Care
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DOI: 10.1097/dcc.0000000000000249
Abstract: Background: A freestanding quaternary pediatric hospital in New England has been facilitating parents’ requests to take their child home or to a hospice facility from an Intensive Care Unit at end of life for the… read more here.
Keywords: end life; care; life; home hospice ... See more keywords
“It was terrible, I didn’t sleep for two years”: A mixed methods exploration of sleep and its effects among family caregivers of in-home hospice patients at end-of-life
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DOI: 10.1177/02692163221122956
Abstract: Background: Due to overnight caregiving demands; exacerbation of high rates of anxiety, depression, and distress; and inadequate support, millions of family caregivers of patients receiving in-home hospice are at risk of poor sleep and negative… read more here.
Keywords: caregivers home; hospice patients; family; family caregivers ... See more keywords
Stakeholder-engaged process for refining the design of a clinical trial in home hospice
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DOI: 10.1186/s12874-021-01275-0
Abstract: Clinical trials in home hospice settings are important to build the evidence base for practice, but balancing the burden and benefit of clinical trial conduct for clinicians, patients, and family caregivers is challenging. A stakeholder-engaged… read more here.
Keywords: stakeholder; trial; hospice; process ... See more keywords
Home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project
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DOI: 10.1186/s13584-019-0304-x
Abstract: BackgroundDementia is a terminal illness making the palliative and hospice approach to care appropriate for older people with advanced dementia.ObjectiveTo examine clinical and health services outcomes of a quality improvement pilot project to provide home… read more here.
Keywords: older people; advanced dementia; home hospice; people advanced ... See more keywords
Home hospice care and its genesis in Nepal.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.e22164
Abstract: e22164Background: Home hospice is relatively a new concept in Nepal. Up to 90% of approximately 30,000 cancer patients diagnosed in Nepal every year die within a year. We share our initial experien... read more here.
Keywords: home; hospice care; genesis nepal; home hospice ... See more keywords
Engaging the Dignity of Risk in Home Hospice Care
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DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2022.0020
Abstract: abstract:Managing risk is a necessary component of living a full moral life. Evaluating which risks are acceptable, for what reasons, in what conditions, and then taking actions based on those evaluations, are exercises of moral… read more here.
Keywords: risk; care; home hospice; hospice care ... See more keywords
Improving Home Hospice and Palliative Care Policies
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-3287
Abstract: * Abbreviation: HBC — : home-based care Children with serious illness make up read more here.
Keywords: home; disease; palliative care; home hospice ... See more keywords
Dealing with pain and feeling stressed in hospice patients
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DOI: 10.5114/pm.2018.79830
Abstract: Aim of the study: To assess pain severity and stress level in home hospice and in-patient hospice patients, and to present psychological strategies taken by patients and their impact on pain sensations and stress level.… read more here.
Keywords: hospice; study; dealing pain; hospice patients ... See more keywords