Family caregivers are crucial for supporting home death. We reviewed published qualitative
research on home-based family caregiving at end of life (1998—2008), synthesizing key …

Background Despite the high potential to improve the quality of life of patients and families,
palliative care services face significant obstacles to their use. In countries with high-resource …

Background Current estimates suggest that approximately 75% of people approaching the
end-of-life may benefit from palliative care. The growing numbers of older people and …

Background: Understanding the need for palliative care is essential in planning services.
Aim: To refine existing methods of estimating population-based need for palliative care and …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically examine current evidence pertaining to information needs of
informal caregivers of older adults with chronic health conditions. METHODS: Structured …

Background Primary health care does not adequately respond to populations known to have
high needs such as those with compounding jeopardy from chronic conditions, poverty …

Objective The purpose of this study was to identify four non-cancer populations that might
benefit from a palliative approach; and describe and compare the prevalence and patterns …

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of breaks in care in improving
the well-being of informal carers of frail and disabled older people living in the community …

Background No data exist on the size of the population potentially in need of palliative care
in Germany. The aim of this study is to estimate the size of the German population that may …

Background Complex need for patients with a terminal illness distinguishes those who
would benefit from specialist palliative care from those who could be cared for by non …