Objective This study aimed to achieve consensus regarding what distinguishes specialist
from non-specialist palliative care to inform service organisation and delivery to patients with …

Abstract Background The World Health Organisation recognises palliative care as a global
public health issue and this is reflected at strategic level. Despite this, palliative care may not …

The gold standards framework (GSF) is a practice-based system aimed at improving the
organisation and quality of palliative care services for patients who are at home in their last …

Background: Many people with palliative care needs will receive care from a primary care
provider. However, GPs often have limited time to deal with these patients' supportive care …

Objectives Specialist palliative care is not a standardised component of service delivery in
nursing home care in Australia. Specialist palliative care services can increase rates of …

This paper describes a study that sought to identify service providers' and commissioners'
understanding of specialist palliative care within the context of changing service provision in …

Background: The global prevalence of dementia is set to rise to almost 65 million people by
2030, providing policy makers and practitioners with significant challenges, not least within …

Title. Assessing palliative care needs: views of patients, informal carers and healthcare
professionals Aim. This paper reports a study to assess the palliative care needs of the adult …

Around 80% of Australians who died between 2010 and 2011 aged 65 or over used aged
care services in the eight years prior to their death. Three-quarters of this group used an …

From its origins outside mainstream health care in the 'hospice movement', palliative care is
re-emerging as an integrated part of mainstream health care delivery (NCHSPCS 1996; …