Introduction The Namaste Advanced Demntia Care Programme is a holistic, novel approach based on the five senses, aimed at evoking an emotional response and providing positive ways of communicating ...
Background St Christopher’s Hospice provided a community palliative care service to 7,500 patients in 2022–2023 (St Christopher’s. Quality account: 2022–2023). During which time a local Clinical ...
1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 2 School of Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland ...
Background The importance of the therapeutic relationship in the delivery of palliative care is well recognised. Little has been published on the nature or quality of relationships formed between ...
Background Limited local and national evidence demonstrates the quality of information in discharge letters for patients with palliative care needs is poor. 1,2 We aimed to evaluate discharge letters ...
Background Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 10–20% of the UK population died in the intensive care unit (ICU). 1 Approximately 70% of these deaths occur after decisions to withhold or ...
Introduction Primary care has a central role in palliative and end of life care: 45.6% of deaths in England and Wales occur under the care of primary care teams at home or in care homes. The Community ...
Objectives To examine whether use of a hand-held fan (‘fan’) improves breathlessness and increases physical activity. Methods A secondary exploratory analysis using pooled data from the fan arms of ...
Background 37.5% of deaths in our area occur in hospital. There are known high unmet needs of adult patients dying in hospital, this unmet need can be reduced by using an individualised care plan and ...
Background Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a key national policy agenda (Department of Health and Social Care. UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024. GOV.UK [internet].
Background Current NHS End of Life Care policy favours raising the proportion of deaths that occur at home. Currently this only occurs in 21.8% of the total. Although most people would like to die at ...
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