Conducting goals of care conversations (GOCC) with specialty palliative consults (SPC) was associated with lower cost-related outcomes for both patients and hospitals ...
Adult patients with cancer with uncontrolled pain had baseline assessments performed by PM providers using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale. Pharmacotherapy was initiated or modified accordingly.
Investigators concluded that early palliative care may be needed for more patients with multiple myeloma (MM) as pain can manifest in different ways and severity levels depending on disease state, ...
Special care units specifically for patients with YOD are available across the Netherlands and are supported by a national care program. 5,6 “Therefore,” write the authors, “the Dutch setting offers ...
Serious illnesses like cancer can create a whirlwind of chaos, from physical pain to emotional distress. While chemotherapy and radiation target the disease itself, they can sometimes leave patients ...
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Integrating palliative and dementia care can cut emergency visits and hospitalizations in half
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their ...
Fig 1. Minimum-maximum symptom prevalence (%) for patients with cancer (n = total number of patients involved in the studies for each symptom). Adapted from systematic review findings of Solano et al.
Contrary to popular belief, most older Americans with advancing dementia remain in their own homes – many until they die. But a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has revealed that this ...
Q: What can you tell me about palliative care? My husband suffers from lung disease and is receiving radiation for prostate cancer but is not terminally ill. I’ve heard that palliative care can help ...
Just as people are learning to live with COVID-19, living with dementia is becoming an increasing reality for 6.5 million older Americans and their 11 million family caregivers. A new study reported ...
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco (left) and Oakland (right). With a $3 million gift from Elisa and Marc Stad, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have launched the Stad Center for ...
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