The role of the community matron was developed to improve standards of care for people with complex long-term conditions. Initial emphasis was to support patients to help take control of their ...

Although early palliative care may not increase quality of life short term, it can help with coping skills in patients with advanced cancers. Opting for early palliative care after receiving a ...

Palliative care, a form of patient-centered care focused on quality of life for the seriously ill, should be the standard of practice for all elderly patients with complex illness in nursing homes.

Ask the patient: (1) What is happening? (2) How do you (and I) feel? and (3) What is important? and then explain the information in a way understandable to that particular patient—taking into account ...

Editor’s note: The following post, on palliative care in the long term setting, is authored by Mary Ersek and David Stevenson (photos and linked bios above) and by Justine Sefcik, MS, RN, a fourth ...

Although many people don't like to think about death and dying, it will happen eventually. When it does, those who are fortunate enough to have hospice and palliative care nurses caring for them will ...

Diane E. Meier ( [email protected]) is a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine in the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City. Betty Lim is an assistant professor of geriatrics and ...

I was a palliative care nurse long before the discipline was formally identified. I always went out of my way to keep my patients' pain under control and their symptoms effectively addressed. In my ...

L-R: Sarada Lewis, RN, CHPN, Amy Lebolt, MSW, Julie Hirsch, RN, CHPN, Lynn Rapp, RN, CHPN. Not pictured are Lindsay High, RN, CHPN, Lori Leopold, MSW and Juliana ...

This study compares a robust, culturally-based Palliative Care Tele-consult program to usual hospital care to determine whether a culturally-based Palliative Care Tele-consult program leads to lower ...

Caring for a dying patient can give nurses a real sense of fulfilment if they feel they have helped to achieve a dignified death and comforted the family. But too often this does not happen because ...