Lack of knowledge about palliative care is one of the most common reasons for hindering the delivery of high-quality palliative care. Nurses play a major role in providing palliative care, and the ...

Background Negative perceptions about palliative care (PC), held by patients with cancer and their families, are a barrier to early referral and the associated benefits. This review examines the ...

Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN, receives the 2024 Excellence in Research Award from the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.

Sunflower seeds are popular in trail mix, multi-grain bread, nutrition bars, and for snacking straight from the bag. Here’s everything you need to know about sunflower seeds, including their ...

Additionally, children requiring palliative care often need complex nutritional support, which may be administered differently than normal dietary intake. Furthermore, children with chronic ...

Her clinical areas of interest include critical care nutrition, weight loss, homemade diets, and disease-state nutrition. Dr. Julie Churchill is a board-certified veterinary nutritionist and a ...

Working as a clinical nurse manager at Marie Curie – the UK’s leading end of life care charity – Lucy Dowland knows more than most of us do about dying. One study shows that 58% of Brits ...

Palliative care is defined as the support provided by a healthcare team to enhance the quality of life for individuals, their families, and significant others facing challenges from life-threatening ...

Palliative care aims to help people with life-threatening conditions live as comfortably as possible and improve their quality of life in the time they have left. Palliative care deals with the ‘whole ...

This article explains the difference between palliative and end of life care, and introduces some of the funding options available, including the newly-extended ‘special rules’ for certain benefits.

Palliative care enhances quality of life by managing symptoms and stress for patients with serious illnesses, distinct from hospice care focused on end-of-life comfort. It is appropriate at any ...

TORONTO - Ontario is wrestling with delays and shortages of supplies needed for home and palliative care, with dying people unable to get sedatives and patients going to hospital because their ...