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Gaining the views of service users in a specialist palliative day care setting

01 December 2005

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Patient and public involvement in the assessment of palliative care services presents unique challenges. This article reports on the use of the nominal group...

Developing palliative care services in partnership

01 April 2004

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Last month’s publication of the NICE guidance document, Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer, has re-emphasised the need to increase and...

Shared care: hospital, hospice, home

01 July 2003

Paediatric Nursing

General

Provision of seamless care that meets the needs of children requiring palliative care and their families requires a multidisciplinary approach. All professionals...

Blended food for enteral feeding via a gastrostomy

04 November 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

A blended diet for enteral nutrition is defined as home-made everyday food blended to a smooth ‘single cream’ consistency. At present, blended food is not...

Approaches to community-based palliative care provision by children’s hospices in the UK

03 September 2019

Nursing Children and Young People

Palliative care

The number of children in the UK with life-limiting conditions and the demand for home-based palliative care is increasing. Children’s hospices remain a dominant...

Simulated learning for staff at a children’s hospice: a quality improvement project

18 September 2023

Nursing Children and Young People

education

Simulated learning has well known positive effects but its use in palliative care education is limited. A quality improvement project was undertaken at a children’s...

Role of children’s hospices in caring for children, young people and families

21 October 2024

Nursing Standard

Peer-reviewed articles

Children’s hospices are central to specialist palliative care provision for the increasing number of children and young people with life-limiting conditions and...

One chance to get it right

17 October 2007

Nursing Standard

Feature

Sheila Payne’s work at Lancaster University brings together the high-tech and basic – but essential – aspects of end-of-life care.

Family members’ and carers’ perceptions of palliative care provided by district nurses

16 October 2019

Primary Health Care

end of life

The aim of this literature review was to analyse the available evidence from families and carers of patients with life-limiting conditions to identify any...

Implementing partnership working to enhance the care of the acutely unwell child in children’s community palliative care services

20 February 2023

Nursing Children and Young People

sepsis

Children with complex care needs are at an increased risk of developing serious illness which could lead to sepsis. Many children receiving palliative care do not...

05 March 2025 / Vol 40 issue 3

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