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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...

What support do nurses need to provide palliative care for people with dementia?

Nursing Older People

evidence & practice

The aim of this project was to identify the support required by registered nurses and unregistered healthcare support workers to provide palliative care for people...

Role and support needs of nurses in delivering palliative and end of life care

25 October 2021

Nursing Standard

end of life care

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a significant increase in the demand for palliative and end of life care, particularly in the community....

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...

Barriers to effective end of life care in the acute sector: a literature review

25 October 2024

Cancer Nursing Practice

evidence and practice

The acute hospital is the place of care and death for many people at the end of life, but not all hospital inpatients who are approaching death receive appropriate...