Some palliative care providers have fueled stronger referral efforts in skilled nursing facility settings as a way to reach patients sooner in their serious illness trajectories. Measuring the impacts of these efforts has come with various challenges. Timely identification of potential palliative needs in nursing homes is critical to supporting rising demand for serious illness […]
A team of researchers has developed a standardized goals-of-care note to document patient wishes in the electronic medical record. Many patients do not experience goals-of-care conversations in a timely manner. But even among those who have, their wishes can get lost if they are not documented. The standardized note created by a research team from […]
Palliative care is grossly underutilized in nursing home settings, but providers can develop new tools that could bring those services to more residents, a recent study has found. A range of barriers contribute to the under-utilization of palliative care in nursing home settings, including poorly defined referral criteria and a general lack of awareness and […]
Hospices and other health care providers are increasingly recognizing the value proposition of end-of-life doulas. Organizations are taking varied routes to leverage doula’s skills to improve quality. End-of-life doulas support patients and their families in a number of broad and diverse ways, according to Erin Collins, program director of The Peaceful Presence Project. Collins is […]
The spiritual beliefs of not only patients but their surrogate decision makers play a significant role in whether a terminally ill individual will enter hospice. Specifically, a surrogate’s belief in the existence of miracles has a significant influence on end-of-life care decisions. Surrogates who believe in miracles are less likely to elect hospice on behalf […]
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