A three-year-old palliative care unit in Calicut, in the south Indian state of Kerala, started a
home care service in June 1996. This paper reviews the first year of operation of the service; …

Care indicates that palliative care as a specialized program in the Canadian home care
system has shown only small increases over the past decade (84 community-based …

Abstract The Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care (NNPC) is a community-led initiative
aiming to provide home-based palliative care to all those in need in Kerala, south India. It …

Background The well lauded community-based palliative care programme of Kerala, India
provides medical and social support, through home-based care, for patients with terminal …

Following the examples of Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, Italy in recent years
has been developing programs of palliative care, based on the principle of the control of …

The need to provide 24-hour palliative care to those wishing to die at home is both obvious
and real. The use of unqualified" professional carers" to provide this care is unique within …

The article presents information on the neighbourhood network in palliative care
programme. It is an attempt to develop a sustainable community led service capable of …

The purpose for this observational research was to understand how Can Support provides
palliative care at home and analyze its strengths and weaknesses in various socioeconomic …

Kerala, in south western India, has two-thirds of the approximately 100 palliative care
services in the country. These services cover a population of 32 million in a country of over a …

Background: Home-based palliative services form the cornerstone of Kerala's palliative
program. However, two issues need research:(a) whether family-homes can be considered …