Tag: Palliative Care

Increases seen in both advance directives and end-of-life conversations for patients with advanced cancer

Among patients with cancer, intervention can increase serious illness conversations for all patients and decrease end-of-life systemic therapy

Intervention to increase social work staffing on primary care teams serving rural veterans tied to increased use of palliative care following hospitalization

Authors say emergency departments should be prepared to deliver end-of-life care

Additional benefits seen for patients with heart failure include higher rates of clinician home visits, more days spent at home

Early palliative care consultation should be considered to manage symptoms and facilitate advance care planning

Nine in 10 oncologists believe this mental health distress impacts health outcomes

Model uses data reported by older adults receiving home care and their caregivers, family members to estimate six-month mortality risk

Influencing factors include hospital size, insurance type, geographic region

Those receiving IPC were more likely to report discussing end-of-life preferences, were less likely to receive chemo at end of life