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End of life care: a rapid response hospice at home service

29 May 2010

Nursing Older People

Feature

In line with recommendations in the Department of Health’s 2008 End of Life Care Strategy to enable people to die at home, the charity Sue Ryder Care piloted a rapid...

Palliative and end of life care in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

22 May 2018

Primary Health Care

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a life-limiting interstitial lung disease. We do not know what causes it and there is no cure. People experience debilitating...

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...

Evaluating a palliative care education programme for domiciliary care workers

29 April 2020

Nursing Older People

Service evaluation

Background Many domiciliary care workers have reported low confidence and isolation when delivering end of life care in patients’ homes. Project Extension for...

A qualitative study of the preparedness of practitioners to care for people with motor neurone disease in their homes

21 August 2019

Primary Health Care

literature review

Motor neurone disease (MND) results in disabilities that affect most activities in daily life. Patients with MND require care and support with these activities at...