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Specialised palliative care in nursing homes – Retrospective analysis on the basis of claims data

PLoS One. 2025 Feb 14;20(2):e0319001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319001. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life of patients with a life limiting illness. In Germany, nursing homes are increasingly the last residence and a common place of death for older people. This renders these institutions as places with a high need for palliative care. However, the frequency of specialised palliative care services in nursing homes in Germany is often low.OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is 1) to analyse the types and frequencies of services provided by specialised ambulatory palliative care teams in nursing homes…
Origen: Specialised palliative care in nursing homes – Retrospective analysis on the basis of claims data – PubMed

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The use of selected palliative medicine scales by family doctors in Poland, preliminary online study and its potential impact on knowledge dissemination

BMC Med Educ. 2025 Feb 14;25(1):240. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06594-6.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: This study addresses the limited knowledge among Polish family doctors of scales for evaluating palliative care patients and their ability to assess symptoms using those scales. The aim was to identify the potential advantages and disadvantages for implementing this type of tools.METHODS: A Computer-Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) was conducted among primary health care doctors. The survey assessed knowledge and usage of selected medical scales (KPS, ECOG, NRS, Barthel, Katz, ESAS, and a non-existent scale for bias check) in the daily practice of family physicians in relation to palliative care patients.RESULTS: The study…
Origen: The use of selected palliative medicine scales by family doctors in Poland, preliminary online study and its potential impact on knowledge dissemination – PubMed

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The bittersweet experiences of providers of Home-Based Palliative Care (HBPalC): a qualitative study on the provider perspectives of HBPalC in Kerala, India

Int J Equity Health. 2025 Feb 14;24(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02354-6.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Home-based care is a fundamental component of the Kerala model of palliative care, which has received global recognition. The study explores the experiences of palliative care providers caring for a vulnerable community of patients. Findings may assist in identifying gaps and replicating Kerala’s palliative care model in other settings.METHODS: This descriptive qualitative study was conducted among palliative care providers (PCPs) and other stakeholders working with the Pain and Palliative Care Project of the National Health Mission (NHM), Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. Three Focus Group Discussions and 21 In-Depth Interviews were conducted among…
Origen: The bittersweet experiences of providers of Home-Based Palliative Care (HBPalC): a qualitative study on the provider perspectives of HBPalC in Kerala, India – PubMed

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"We need time, a great know-how and security for patients to always be there in time": a qualitative study on factors distinguishing General from Specialized Palliative Home Care

BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb 13;25(1):245. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12258-y.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: An increasing number of patients in the palliative phase of their disease are cared for at home by palliative home care services. A sense of security, normality of everyday life and symptom control are found to be active factors of quality of care in Specialized Palliative Home Care. Whether this also applies to General Palliative Home Care has not yet been systematically investigated. The aim of this study was to identify distinctions between General and Specialized Palliative Home Care from a healthcare professional’s perspective concerning those factors.METHODS: With a qualitative approach,…
Origen: "We need time, a great know-how and security for patients to always be there in time": a qualitative study on factors distinguishing General from Specialized Palliative Home Care – PubMed

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Exploring palliative care needs of advanced AIDS patients in China: insights from a descriptive phenomenological study

BMC Palliat Care. 2025 Feb 13;24(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01675-9.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: HIV is still an incurable disease, causing many problems in the daily lives of patients and affecting their overall quality of life. Previous studies have shown that advanced AIDS patients have more serious physical, psychological, social, and economic problems than HIV patients and that advanced AIDS patients have more unmet needs at this time. The main objective of this study is to better understand the needs of late-stage AIDS patients and to develop targeted palliative care services for them.METHOD: Descriptive phenomenological methods were used. Advanced AIDS patients were selected using purposive sampling…
Origen: Exploring palliative care needs of advanced AIDS patients in China: insights from a descriptive phenomenological study – PubMed

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