Background: Communities play an increasingly significant role in their own health and social
care, and evidence demonstrates the positive impact of this work on a range of health …

Background: Public health palliative care interventions are increasingly implemented, with
growing recognition of the importance of building evidence to support their utility in end-of …

Access to palliative care for marginalized communities is frequently problematized as a
major challenge facing palliative care services. The traditional response of asking what …

Objective: Occupation, or meaningful activity, can contribute to the well-being and quality of
life of all individuals. It is thus a logical tautology that occupation should be enabled for those …

Background: Client-centered care is the cornerstone of the hospice and includes family
members and significant others as the client unit. There needs to be a conceptual shift away …

This article presents a scoping review of 74 papers from the peer reviewed literature dealing
with occupational therapy in palliative care. Five themes emerged regarding the parameters …

This article provides a critical review of the literature relevant to the conceptual foundations
of health promoting palliative care. It explores the separate emergence and evolution of …

Palliative care is a model of care that aims to improve quality of life (QOL) for patients and
their families/carers who are facing the challenges associated with a life limiting illness …

Background. Caregivers in end-of-life care are at risk for health deterioration and decreased
quality of life because of the many stressing factors involved in the caregiving role. Purpose …

Background: It has been argued that the unique nature of the occupational therapy role in
palliative care (PC) warrants dedicated attention in undergraduate programmes to improve …