Palliative care study highlights importance of psychosocial support for LTC workers
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2023
Even the most confident of long-term care staff, sure of their knowledge and skills, reported “notable difficulties” providing palliative and end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a...
Tomorrow’s nursing homes must integrate palliative care
Jan 09, 2015
Palliative care, a form of patient-centered care focused on quality of life for the seriously ill, should be the standard of practice for all elderly patients with complex illness in nursing homes.
Docs propose new palliative care framework for neuro diseases
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 23, 2023
Current palliative care models do not offer patients with advanced neurological illness the support they need to reduce suffering, physician experts contend.
Palliative care reaches more people with default consult order option, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 18, 2024
Here’s a way to make sure that people receive palliative care sooner rather than later: Make clinicians evaluate the patient for it when people are hospitalized.
Nursing home quality could improve with better palliative care interventions, large-scale trial shows
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 23, 2014
By following practices that are common in home-based hospice care, nursing homes can improve the comfort and dignity of residents who are dying, according to new study results.
60 Seconds with… Nikki Gachot
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 06, 2022
Meadow Park Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center recently joined a five-year, federally funded palliative care study that will examine its role for dementia patients.
Q&A: Maryland SNF joins ‘transformative’ palliative care study
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2022
Meadow Park in Catonsville, MD, will receive a $15,000 grant and gain the support of study partners in a palliative care program that it says will help change how the long-term care industry provides advanced...