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How nurses can help ease patient transitions to end of life care

01 October 2013

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

Moving from curative to palliative care is often difficult for patients, families and healthcare providers, because hospice or end of life care can be seen as a...

Family-focused children’s end of life care in hospital and at home

08 July 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

An increasing number of children and young people require end of life care, and providing them and their families with optimum support at this time is crucial. This...

How to improve end of life care in acute hospitals

23 September 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article highlights the need to improve care for older people dying in acute hospitals. It discusses the role that nurses have to play in promoting better care...

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 care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

01 May 2011

Nursing Older People

CPD

This article considers the place of palliative and end of life care in the management of people with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...

Palliative care training

26 November 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article discusses a project that explored and addressed the palliative care education needs of staff working in two nursing homes, using a practice development...

Enabling ICU patients to die at home

01 October 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

There is often an overlap between intensive care medicine and palliative medicine. When all curative treatment options have been explored, keeping the patient...

Supporting informal carers of dying patients: the district nurse’s role

03 February 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores the role of the district nurse in supporting family and friends who act as informal carers for patients who wish to die at home. The district...

Implementing end of life care for patients with renal failure

02 September 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Traditional palliative care services have focused on individuals with cancer. The NHS National End of Life Care Programme, launched in December 2003, has been...

Using prognostic indicator guidance to plan care for final stages of life

09 July 2010

Primary Health Care

General

Primary care teams would benefit from being able to focus care where it is most needed, particularly in identifying patients nearing the end of their lives....