While quality of life is the focus of care in hospices, limited research has been conducted on
the quality of life of cancer patients in hospice home care. The purpose of this study was to …

… assisting elderly hospice patients with cancer … patients is one reason for this poor pain
management. Very few studies of pain in hospice patients with cancer have focused on the elderly…

… to nonhospice patients. Among hospice patients, those experiencing short-term hospice …
found that survival favored hospice patients slightly relative to nonhospice patients by 5.0 …

… of the pain experience of elderly hospice patients with cancer, so … the pain experience of
elderly hospice patients with cancer. … these findings in elderly hospice patients with cancer. How…

… If an NH resident received hospice care … hospice because of potential differences of hospice
services in institutionalized settings. We did not exclude persons who received hospice care …

… variabhs in g&attic hospice patients with cancer, we pe@med a retrospective record review
and observation of home visitsforpatients treated 4 a community-based hospice with three …

… Conclusion: The rates of hospitalization for elderly hospice patients with lung or colorectal
cancer appear to be declining. However, patients who are hospitalized undergo aggressive …

… of elderly patients with cancer do not have clinically problematic emotional distress [23].
Other studies have found, however, that depression is greater in cancer … Hospice patient and …

… data for the elderly, we characterized use of hospice, opiates, and acute care services in HF
patients at end-of-life and compared it to that in cancer patients. Overall, use of opiates and …

… The results of our study are not generalizable to all elderly cancer patients. This study
focused on patients admitted to nursing homes following discharge from a hospital. This is the …