Nursing homes are increasingly becoming the place of care and site of death for growing
numbers of frail older people dying of chronic progressive illnesses. Despite this increase …

One impact of the baby boom generation and improved medical care is that nursing homes
will be the place of care and site of death for growing numbers of frail, older persons dying of …

Although many nursing home residents have chronic, life-limiting conditions, most die
without the benefit of palliative care or with palliation delayed until the last days of life. The …

Specialist palliative care providers are seeking to transfer the principles of palliative care to
more general care settings in order to meet the needs of people with diseases other than …

The goals of palliative care address critical issues for individuals with complex and serious
illness residing in nursing homes, including pain and symptom management …

Background: In the UK 15.8% of people aged 85 years and over live in a care home or long-
stay hospital setting. With the projection of an ageing population it is realistic to expect that …

Nursing homes have become a common site of death. In some states, more than one in
three deaths now occur in nursing homes [1], but in the 1990s, only one in five deaths …

As the speciality of palliative nursing develops, an increasing number of individuals are
recognized as needing palliative care. In this overview the authors highlight the need for a …

Aim: To describe the qualitatively different ways a group of Australian nurses, understood
their experience of being a palliative care nurse. Design: The research approach chosen …

Although less than 15% of older people in care homes die of a terminal disease such as
cancer, many more die following a period of slow deterioration. In the UK, residents of care …