spcare.bmj5d
Battery operated fan and chronic breathlessness: does it help?
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 ...
spcare.bmj5d
Advance care planning and place of death, hospitalisation and actual place of death in lung, heart and cancer disease: a randomised controlled trial
Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) can be a way to meet patients’ end-of-life preferences and enhance awareness of end-of-life care. Thereby it may affect actual place of death (APOD) and decrease ...
spcare.bmj1d
P-35 Health care assistants complement palliative care teams – influencing end of life care for patients in the community
Marie Curie (March 2012) promotes senior HCAs roles within palliative care services, providing a robust service dealing with challenges of crisis and avoiding hospital admission for patients with life ...
spcare.bmj3d
126 Big data on early identification of patients with palliative care needs: barriers and opportunities
Joint Research Unit in ICT applied to reengineering socio-sanitary process; Departament de Salut Valencia La Fe; Joint Research Unit in ICT applied to reengineering socio-sanitary process; ...
spcare.bmj6d
24 Exploring how and why older people’s end of life care preferences change over time: a scoping review
Background Understanding how end of life care preferences evolve over time is important for valid and dynamic Advance Care Planning. This is particularly relevant for older people whose preferences ...