Neurologic illnesses, including Alzheimer's, brain cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and stroke, are among the most dreaded illnesses in medicine and leading causes of disability and death ...

Palliative care integration in oncology improves quality of life, reduces aggressive end-of-life care, and may prolong survival, while lowering healthcare costs. Operational challenges include ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients using stepped palliative care model had fewer mean visits by week 24. Those who received stepped care ...

Findings from a large-scale clinical trial testing a new palliative care model have shown to be lower cost, viewed positively by patients and their carers while showing no difference in ...

A Palliative Performance Status (PPS) of 50% or lower at admission to SAD-CP indicated moderate to significant functional decline, confirming the critical role of nursing care in the home-based ...

For loved ones with advanced illness such as cancer or heart disease or with severe symptoms from a chronic illness, especially in the last year or so of life, what we desperately want is for them to ...

A culturally appropriate model of end of life care is being developed in Ghana in order to empower countries in Africa where palliative care is scarce. COMPASS Ghana is the brainchild of health ...

Findings from a large-scale clinical trial testing a new palliative care model have shown to be lower cost, viewed positively by patients and their carers while showing no difference in ...

Propensity score matched analysis of a palliative radiation oncology consult service’s impact on length of stay and total costs during hospitalization. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ...

A three-day state-level training programme on Pain and Palliative Care for nurses and physiotherapists commenced in Kohima on ...

Fee-for-service payment models have not been successful in the field of palliative care, where small practices seem to work better under flexible programs like per member per month, said Allison ...

We developed a predictive score system for 30-day mortality after palliative radiotherapy by using predictors from routine electronic medical record. Patients with metastatic cancer receiving first ...