A5037676012- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Infant Health and Development
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Ethics in medical practice
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Innovative Teaching Methods
Mercy Hospital
2015-2022
Regional Medical Center
2015-2022
Jackson Memorial Hospital
2021
Kaplan (United States)
2021
Cooley (United States)
2021
Mead Johnson (United States)
2021
Abbott (Belgium)
2021
Abbott Nutrition (United States)
2021
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2021
Marymount University
2021
Catherine J. Evans and colleagues studied how many where centenarians in England die, their causes of death, these measures have changed from 2001 to 2010. Please see later the article for Editors' Summary
Although older people are increasingly cared for in nursing homes towards the end of life, there is a dearth research exploring views residents. There however, number challenges and methodological issues involved doing this. The aim this paper to discuss some these, along with residents' on taking part study perceptions dignity care make recommendations future these settings. Qualitative interviews were used obtain maintaining 18 aged 75 years over, living two private South East London....
Background: most older people living in nursing homes die there. An empirically based model of dignity has been developed, which forms the basis a brief psychotherapy to help promote and reduce distress at end life. Objective: explore generalisability homes. Methods: qualitative interviews were used views on maintaining 18 residents A descriptive approach was used. The analysis both deductive (arising from model) inductive participants' views). Results: main categories broadly supported:...
Background: A pilot study of Dignity Therapy conducted with hospice patients reported high levels self-reported benefits the psychotherapy. Aim: To assess feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness to reduce distress in older people care homes. Design: randomized controlled open-label trial (ISRCTN37589515). Setting participants: 60 residents aged 65+ no major cognitive impairment living homes London, UK. Intervention: Therapy, a brief palliative Outcomes: Potential...
Main objective To assess the ability of dignity therapy to reduce distress in advanced cancer patients. Design A phase II open-label trial. Setting Two UK National Health Service trusts. Participants 45 adults with cancer. Intervention Dignity therapy: a brief palliative care psychotherapy. Methods were randomly allocated receive intervention plus standard or only (control group). Outcomes collected at baseline and 1- 4-week follow-up. outcome measures The primary was dignity-related...
Objective: to explore views on advance care planning in homes for older people. Design: qualitative exploration of from home staff and the family residents Setting: all elderly two London Boroughs. Participants: (care managers, nurses assistants), community families. Methods: individual semi-structured interviews. Results: themes analysis: (i) Benefits: revealed positive opinions towards planning. Staff felt it provided choice encouraged better (ii) Barriers: families perceived as reluctant...
Emerging trends and new policies suggest that more cancer patients might die at home in the future. However, not all have equal chances of achieving this. Furthermore, there is lack evidence to support those who experience better care a death than as inpatients. The QUALYCARE study aims examine variations quality costs end-of-life care, preferences palliative outcomes associated with dying or an institution for patients. Mortality followback survey (with nested case-control vs. hospital...
Parents whose babies are admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) subject a variety of stresses that increase their risk suffer from postpartum depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorders. Parental distress can adversely impact parent-infant bonding, which in turn lead worse outcomes for the child. An interdisciplinary workgroup convened by National Perinatal Association (NPA) has published recommendations psychosocial support NICU parents. This article presents...
Twenty-nine infants were identified as having coagulase-negative staphylococcal (C-S) bacteremia. Fourteen had pneumonia and 10 central line-associated Twenty-four of 29 (83%) invasion the mucocutaneous barrier at time positive blood culture was drawn. Clinical signs symptoms nonspecific. Apnea/bradycardia most prevalent clinical feature, occurring in 20 (69%) infants. Staphylococcus epidermidis frequent isolate, 21 (72%) cases. Slime production by C-S isolates occurred 23 (79%) There no...
Asthma is a multifactorial disease, in which the intricate interplay between genetic and environmental factors underlies overall phenotype of disease. Using genome-wide scan for linkage population comprising Danish families, we identified novel linked locus on chromosome 1qter (LOD 3.6, asthma) supporting evidence this was both asthma atopic-asthma phenotypes GAIN (Genetics International Network) families. The putative susceptibility gene progressively localized to 4.5 Mb region 1q adjacent...
An increasing number of older people reach the end life in care homes. The aim this study is to explore perceived benefits of, and barriers to, implementation Gold Standards Framework for Care Homes (GSFCH), a quality improvement programme palliative care. Nine homes involved GSFCH took part. We conducted semi-structured interviews with nine home managers, eight nurses, assistants, eleven residents seven their family members. used approach qualitative analysis. analysis was deductive based...
The study aimed to explore the views of care home staff (CHS) and community nurses (CNs) on providing end-of-life (EOLC) in homes. Participants were randomly selected qualitative interviews conducted with 80 CHS 10 CNs. Themes emerging from data included following: meaning EOLC; starting dying home; stress improving role CN. felt that planning for end life was important before residents reached phase, which some found difficult determine. Although wished avoid being transferred hospital die,...
Abstract Aim. To report the findings of a study exploring views and experiences care home resident’s family on Dignity Therapy. Background. As proportion older people dying in homes increases, it is important to enhance their dignity, reduce distress at end‐of‐life, provide bereavement support families. Pilot studies show that hospice patients residents feel Therapy had or would help families; however, there are no qualitative views. Design. Qualitative exploration. Methods. interviews were...