News
November 16, 2020
“Advance” care planning re-envisioned
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.16903Advance care planning (ACP) has become a necessary part of modern medicine because of the multitude of choices brought about by technological advances that sustain life […]
November 16, 2020
Elephant in the room – family members’ perspectives on advance care planning
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02813432.2020.1842966Exploring family members’ experiences of advance care planning in nursing homes.
November 16, 2020
Seniors deserve a life worth living during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/seniors-deserve-a-life-worth-living-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/While physical isolation is key to the current approach to fighting COVID-19, it is also a significant causal factor in mental and physical problems among the […]
November 9, 2020
Improving the quality of community primary palliative care in COPD – a qualitative study of health care providers
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33156734/Primary palliative care is essential for the continuity of care in severe COPD. This study aimed to identify essential factors and aspects to enhance the quality […]
November 9, 2020
Preferences in end-of-life care substantially differ between the Netherland and Japan: results from a cross-sectional survey
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33126312/Strategies to increase appropriateness of EoL care, such as shared decision making (SDM), and advance care planning (ACP) are internationally embraced, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 9, 2020
Crisis communication and grief in the emergency department (podcast)
https://www.geripal.org/2020/11/crisis-communication-and-grief-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+Geripal+(GeriPal)How do we have these urgent conversations in a time of crisis to ensure that patients receive care that aligns with their goals?
It is feasible to flag ‘near end-of-life’ status in older patients from routine general practice data