A5092824686- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Zhejiang University
2022-2024
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
2022-2024
Older adults aged ≥ 80 years living alone at home are more likely to experience challenges. Daily life experiences regarding still limited in the Asian context. This study explored everyday of older Chinese residents home. Research questions included: (1) How do community-dwelling old people describe related alone? (2) What kind difficulties and needs face lives? (3) cope with challenges faced their lives
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background: </bold>The global population is aging rapidly, leading to a surge in older adults with chronic diseases and an increasing demand for geriatric care services. Future preparation proactive coping strategy aimed at pre-allocating resources. However, significant proportion of do not engage preparation, underscoring the importance bolstering planning efforts comprehensively understanding contributing factors among community-dwelling adults. This study...
Abstract Background Surrogate decision–makers (SDMs) who make decisions for critically ill patients often face great challenges. Although shared decision‐making has been advocated, its implementation less than satisfactory. Aim To explore the experience of surrogate process and determine how SDMs understand values preferences patients. Study Design A constructivist qualitative study was used. The data were collected using semistructured interviews with four questions conducted between...
Aims/Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe progressive disease characterized by elevated blood pressure in the lungs. Medications are critical form of treatment for patients with PH. This study aims to explore experiences PH undergoing polypharmacy, thereby providing more concrete foundation formulating targeted intervention measures. Methods A purposive sampling method was used select 13 treated grade III hospital Zhejiang Province from December 2023 February 2024 as research...