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Palliative care slashes ED visits, hospitalizations in people living at home with dementia: study
A program that provides palliative care to people with dementia and their caregivers lowered the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations by approximately half in about a year, a new ...
Integrating palliative and dementia care can cut emergency visits and hospitalizations in half
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their ...
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Insights into Family Caregiving for Patients with Cancer
The following is a summary of “Behind the Scenes of Palliative Care: Qualitative Study with Oncology Family Caregivers,” ...
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JAMA study integrates palliative and dementia care for patients and caregivers
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their caregivers, cut in half the number of emergency department visits and ...
Terminally ill could choose assisted dying over inadequate palliative care, admits nursing chief
MPs scrutinising a plan to legalise assisted dying are set to hear evidence from England’s chief medical officer Professor ...
High Court does not have capacity to preside over assisted dying bill, warns retired judge
The bill, in its current form, says an eligible patient must have the approval of two independent doctors and the High Court.
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Health equity guide aims to improve care for Black patients with serious illnesses
Black individuals in the U.S. with serious illnesses receive disproportionately poor pain management and health care ...