For too long, many have talked about the need for community-based palliative care programs as both a precursor to hospice care and even as a stand-alone service. Sure, some have given it a go, but for ...

On April 27, 2017, the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness hosted a public workshop on Models and Strategies to Integrate Palliative Care Principles into Serious Illness Care.

Neurologic illnesses, including Alzheimer's, brain cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and stroke, are among the most dreaded illnesses in medicine and leading causes of disability and death ...

Palliative care has evolved over the past five decades as an interprofessional specialty to improve quality of life and quality of care for patients with cancer and their families. Existing evidence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients using stepped palliative care model had fewer mean visits by week 24. Those who received stepped care ...

Denise Praill, CEO of Canuck Place, says that Dr. Rubenstein’s global leadership will continue to advance pediatric ...

Personalized Medicine, Genomic Profiling and Germline Mutations: Toward More Precise Decisions Although the bulk of current pediatric palliative care (PPC) services are concentrated in inpatient ...

Patients with chronic heart failure who received collaborative, home-based palliative care were less likely to die in hospital and more likely to die at home than people who received usual care, ...

A Palliative Performance Status (PPS) of 50% or lower at admission to SAD-CP indicated moderate to significant functional decline, confirming the critical role of nursing care in the home-based ...

For high-risk geriatric patients, improved palliative care that is matched to their changing needs at home can reduce emergency room visits, reduce health care costs, and improve overall care. Current ...

On April 27, 2017, the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness hosted a public workshop on Models and Strategies to Integrate Palliative Care Principles into Serious Illness Care.