Quality of end-of-life care for dementia patients during acute hospital admission: a retrospective study in Ireland

N Afzal, K Buhagiar, J Flood, M Cosgrave - General hospital psychiatry, 2010 - Elsevier
… of end-of-life care for patients dying with dementia during their final hospital stay, and, to our
… Our results indicate that dementia patients may be recipients of a different end-of-life care

Quality of end‐of‐life care for non‐cancer patients in a non‐acute hospital

J Woo, R Lo, JOY Cheng, F Wong… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… quality of care. We carried out a survey in the medical wards of a non-acute hospital of patients
… symptoms and quality of life and the quality of life of their informal carers as well as health …

Improving confidence and competence of healthcare professionals in end-of-life care: an evaluation of the 'Transforming End of Life Care'course at an acute hospital …

L Selman, V Robinson, L Klass, S Khan… - … & palliative care, 2016 - spcare.bmj.com
… Since 2012, an inner-city tertiary hospital in the UK has been running the Transforming End
of Life Care (TEoLC) course, a free course directed at non-specialist palliative care providers…

The provision of end-of-life care by medical-surgical nurses working in acute care: A literature review

J Gagnon, W Duggleby - Palliative & supportive care, 2014 - cambridge.org
… medical-surgical nurses in acute care providing end-of-life care. As such, it contributes to our
… End-of-life care in acute hospitals: An integrative literature review. Journal of Nursing and …

Exploring health professionals' views regarding the optimum physical environment for palliative and end of life care in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study

C Gardiner, L Brereton, M Gott, C Ingleton… - … & palliative care, 2011 - spcare.bmj.com
… an acute hospital may be the preferred setting for end of life care.6 While, historically, hospitals
provided care for large numbers of dying patients, more recently the hospital environment …

End‐of‐life care in an Australian acute hospital: a retrospective observational study

N Maubach, M Batten, S Jones, J Chen… - Internal Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… This study found recognition of terminal decline and the end-of-life care provided to patients
dying in an acute hospital varies across medical units. The variations in the dying process …

Finding privacy from a public death: A qualitative exploration of how a dedicated space for end‐of‐life care in an acute hospital impacts on dying patients and their …

S Slatyer, C Pienaar, AM Williams… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… The privacy afforded by the Lotus Room within this acute hospital provided benefits for the
dying … can address well-established barriers to quality end-of-life care in acute hospitals. …

Addressing myths about end-of-life care: research into the use of acute care hospitals over the last five years of life

DM Wilson, CD Truman - Journal of Palliative Care, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
… was to describe current acute care hospital use by terminally … and describe the last hospital
episode that ended in death for … describe hospital use patterns over the last five years of life

End-of-life care in acute care hospitals in Canada: a quality finish?

DK Heyland, D Groll, G Rocker… - … of palliative care, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
… of care to eligible in patients with advanced lung, heart, or liver disease, or metastatic cancer,
and available family caregivers (FCGs) in five tertiary care hospitals … with end of life care in …

Dying in an acute hospital setting: the challenges and solutions

R Al‐Qurainy, E Collis, D Feuer - International journal of clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… More than half of all UK deaths occur in hospital, yet evidence suggests that the quality of
inpatient end of life care is suboptimal at best. Over half of all NHS complaints pertain to …