October 5, 2018
October 3, 2018
Meaningful connections in dementia end of life care in long term care homes
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-018-1882-9Most persons with dementia die in long term care (LTC) homes, where palliative approaches are appropriate. However, palliative approaches have not been widely implemented and there […]
October 3, 2018
The trouble with hospitalized seniors
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/the-trouble-with-hospitalized-seniors-1.4835792Doctors have begun to grapple with a new problem related to the country’s aging demographic. A growing number of older patients are readmitted to hospital shortly […]
October 3, 2018
Researchers explore why minority ethnic patients access end of life care less
https://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1600117/patients-from-different-ethnic-backgrounds-not-receiving-proper-end-of-life-careHealth professionals in Leicester are pioneering a new approach to end-of-life care for black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities after recent research showed they access […]