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Advance care planning in a community setting

04 February 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To evaluate the effects of implementing an advance care planning process within pilot sites in North Ayrshire in 2010, focusing on people with palliative care...

Optimising palliative and end of life care in hospital

13 June 2012

Nursing Standard

CPD

The acute hospital setting is increasingly regarded as an important area for the delivery of palliative care. A significant number of patients with advanced,...

Conservative management of patients with end-stage kidney disease

23 December 2019

Nursing Standard

end of life care

The prevalence of end-stage kidney disease is increasing, particularly among older people and those with multiple comorbidities. Typically, patients who develop...

Incorporating advance care planning in dementia care

08 May 2024

Nursing Older People

Dementia care

Recent policy focus in dementia care has been on living well with the condition; however, being able to die well with dementia is of equal importance. Advance care...

Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in care homes: part 2

29 June 2016

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article, the second of two, provides healthcare practitioners with an overview of best practice in palliative and end-of-life care, including nutrition,...

Palliative and end of life care for people living with dementia in care homes: part 1

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

The terms palliative and end of life care are often used interchangeably and healthcare practitioners may perceive that palliative care is only appropriate during...

Palliative care for patients with non-malignant respiratory disease

06 May 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

Non-malignant respiratory disease is a chronic life-limiting condition that requires holistic palliative care. Patients with non-malignant respiratory disease have a...

Legal and ethical issues in end of life care: implications for primary health care

29 May 2015

Primary Health Care

CPD

Increasing numbers of patients are achieving their wish to die in the familiar surroundings of their own homes, which means that providing high quality,...

Overcoming challenges in community end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic

05 May 2021

Nursing Standard

end of life care

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly affected people at the end of life who are being cared for in community settings, as well as their...

Overcoming the barriers to optimal end of life care in the emergency department

05 September 2023

Emergency Nurse

end of life care

The focus of care in the emergency department (ED) is on saving or sustaining life, but some patients admitted to the ED die in the ED. Nurses whose focus is on...

05 March 2025 / Vol 40 issue 3

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