Social• family support• financial status• home care availability• community palliative care
professionals• availability of re-admission cupational therapists, social workers …

Disability in patients with advanced cancer often results from bed rest, deconditioning, and
neurologic and musculoskeletal complications of cancer or cancer treatment. Terminally ill …

This book is designed to review the common cancers and their associated problems in order
to highlight the potential roles and joint working ofthe allied health professions (AHPs) in this …

Patients receiving palliative and hospice care experience high levels of functional loss,
dependency on activities of daily living, and impairment in mobility. Physical disability affects …

Background Patients diagnosed with advanced cancer often differ from the traditional patient
typically seen in the inpatient rehabilitation setting. Purpose To identify differences in care …

The article focuses on the role of Palliative Rehabilitation in Serious Illness. Topics
discussed include palliative rehabilitation primarily aims to promote independence in self …

To improve quality of life for cancer patients has been the endeavour of the author for the
past 25 years in rehabilitation and palliation. This goal is the guiding theme through out the …

As opposed to curative aftercare (fig. 1.3), rehabilitation does not focus on a prolongation of
survival but rather on an improvement of the patient's quality of life (fig. 1.1 and fig 1.2). This …

Purpose: To explore the views and experiences of inpatient unit staff about rehabilitative
palliative care, and how these influence models of care and practice.

Medical and psychosocial rehabilitation of cancer patients is deeply integrated into the
German health system. In contrast to the majority of other European countries and the United …