Tag Archives: palliative
Caregivers and Brain Cancer Patients Don’t See Eye-to-Eye
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by Editor.
Do you know what important role caregivers play on rating quality of life?
Compared to other types of cancer, malignant gliomas or primary brain tumor has huge effects on a patient’s personality, language function, and overall functionality. Yet people afflicted…
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AIDS Survivors Face Greater Risk of Cancer
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by Editor.
A clinical trial suggests antiretroviral drugs can cause serious side effects.
The longer an AIDS patient survives his condition, the more they are likely to develop cancers. New research has found high rates of cancers not previously associated with AIDS…
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Young White Adults Show Increased Incidence of Lower Stomach Cancer
Posted on 26. May, 2010 by Editor.
Study suggests new infection patterns may have been unmasked.
More whites ages 25 to 39 develop cancer of the lower stomach, said researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health. They noted, however,…
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Palliative Medicine Goes Beyond Physical
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Editor.
Clinicians should get involved in taking care of a patient’s spiritual needs.
Each member of a palliative care team should take up roles outside of their niche by looking after a patient’s physical, as well as psychological, social and spiritual…
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Family Caregivers Get Lonely and Depressed
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by jan.mater.
Interventions to avoid breakdowns remain ineffective, study shows.
Family caregivers of patients with dementia usually get depressed due to stress. And they are often left alone to deal with their depression, according to a study conducted by Penn State and…
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New Technology Connects Family, Elderly Patients
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by jan.mater.
1 in 4 chronically-ill older Americans lives alone.
It’s a lonely world out there for sick, aged Americans. About four out of 10 chronically ill older people live alone and rely on others for caregiving. Such findings from a new…
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In-Home Palliative Sedation Checklist for End-of-Life Cancer Care
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Editor.
We’ve got the link to this handy tool from Spanish researchers
Hospice providers won’t want to miss a well-researched checklist recently published in the journal Palliative Medicine.
Researchers in Spain…
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Hospice Print & Save: Direct Quality Improvement with This Compass
Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Editor.
Use this handy chart to direct your quality improvement initiatives.
Benchmarking gives you an opportunity to see how your hospice stacks up against others. Learning where you excel and where you need to improve is invaluable.
Carla Braveman, RN, MEd,…
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Why Some Advanced Dementia Patients Don’t Get Hospice Care
Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by Editor.
This step could ease pain among advanced dementia patients who are dying, researchers say.
Add advanced dementia patients to the long list of terminally-ill patients for whom the hospice benefit is underutilized, says a study recently published in the New…
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The Latest on Palliative Care Drugs
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Editor.
As few as 6-15 of these caplets can cause lethal overdose.
If you’re not up to speed on the latest for palliative care drugs, here’s how you can get a quick overview on newbies like Tapentadol, Zolpimist Nasal Spray, and…
