Lack of knowledge about palliative care is one of the most common reasons for hindering the delivery of high-quality palliative care. Nurses play a major role in providing palliative care, and the ...

Background Negative perceptions about palliative care (PC), held by patients with cancer and their families, are a barrier to early referral and the associated benefits. This review examines the ...

“However, even with over 95% of patients receiving some form of palliative care and 52% accessing a palliative care ...

Improving access and tackling inequities in palliative care globally would help to reduce preventable suffering, write Anna Peeler, Oladayo Afolabi, and Richard Harding Millions of people around the ...

Working as a clinical nurse manager at Marie Curie – the UK’s leading end of life care charity – Lucy Dowland knows more than most of us do about dying. One study shows that 58% of Brits ...

Under the arrangement, Brentwood, Tennessee-based Compassus would manage and jointly own Providence’s home health, hospice, community-based palliative care and private duty nursing services ...

Speak to your GP or social care worker who can organise an assessment. Palliative care is the treatment, care and support given to people with life-limiting conditions and their families to manage ...

This article explains the difference between palliative and end of life ... you can request a free home assessment for your local authority. There is more information on home adaptations here. Get ...

Palliative care enhances quality of life by managing symptoms and stress for patients with serious illnesses, distinct from hospice care focused on end-of-life comfort. It is appropriate at any ...

TORONTO - Ontario is wrestling with delays and shortages of supplies needed for home and palliative care, with dying people unable to get sedatives and patients going to hospital because their ...