August 31, 2020
Raising the bar on our haphazard end-of-life transition from hospital to home
https://healthydebate.ca/opinions/transition-from-hospital-to-home?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter“The whole process of getting her (home) and set up was turbulent and haphazard.” That was Stephen Petri’s experience when his mother was transitioned from in-patient […]
August 31, 2020
Advance Care Planning Engagement and End-of-life Preference Among Older Chinese Americans: Do Family Relationships and Immigrant Status Matter?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32830042/To examine how immigrant status and family relationships are associated with advance care planning (ACP) engagement and end-of-life (EOL) preference in burial planning among older Chinese […]
August 24, 2020
Barriers and facilitators to optimal supportive end-of-life palliative care in long-term care facilities: a qualitative descriptive study of community-based and specialist palliative care physicians’ experiences, perceptions and perspectives
https://www.docwirenews.com/abstracts/barriers-and-facilitators-to-optimal-supportive-end-of-life-palliative-care-in-long-term-care-facilities-a-qualitative-descriptive-study-of-community-based-and-specialist-palliative-care-physicians-2/A supportive end-of-life care approach emphasises family involvement, optimal symptom control, multidisciplinary team collaboration and death and bereavement support services for residents and families.
August 24, 2020
A new standard for advance care planning conversations in the hospital: results from a Delphi panel
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06150-0Fewer than half of the US population has an advance healthcare directive. Hospitalizations offer a key opportunity for clinicians to engage patients in advance care planning […]