Hospice News
OCTOBER 31, 2023
A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. Additionally, palliative care utilization can reduce family caregiver burnout and burden. “It’s The Scientific Reports study examined patient data in the U.S.
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MARCH 21, 2023
Hospice Improves Quality of Life Hospice has been associated with improved quality of life at the end of life and reductions in the risk of psychiatric illness among bereaved caregivers. Place of death: correlations with quality of life of patients with cancer and predictors of bereaved caregivers’ mental health. 2014; 18 (1): 50-55.
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GeriPal
JULY 21, 2022
Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. ” Alex: So I’m sure there’s some element of difference between what the patient might say and what their caregiver might say about this issue. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex.
GeriPal
AUGUST 25, 2022
Krista Harrison found , to her surprise, that caregivers of people with dementia who died rated hospice as well as similar patients without dementia who died on hospice. She’s Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Melissa: Thank you.
GeriPal
APRIL 6, 2023
Lexy: Yeah, so I can say that I became about, in 2014, I had the opportunity to lead a center at our health system called the Evans Center that focuses on religion, spirituality, and health. I don’t see a lot of those out there. Randomized controlled trials of chaplaincy interventions. But our study had some limitations.
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