Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today! A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. These results appeared in a 2019 New England […]
When pondering palliative care, most people likely envision older patients dealing with advanced or chronic illnesses, requiring additional support. Seldom do they imagine a scenario involving an otherwise healthy 25-year-old who, after a severe accident on the way to work, finds himself in a trauma ICU. “There’s no preparation time for patients or families, there’s […]
To ensure smooth care transitions for patients with serious illnesses, palliative providers must tread carefully, collaborating not only with patients and their families but also with other health care providers and community resources to provide holistic support. These types of collaborations help to maintain patient safety, quality and continuity of care, and help ensure that […]
Rooted in the power of storytelling and fueled by a desire to improve health equity and foster meaningful connections, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s innovative palliative care approach has earned industry-wide acclaim. “We take care of folks who are seriously ill, sometimes at the end of life … and the way I see it is […]
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