A team from the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE) was commissioned by Marie Curie to explore the …

Background Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services.
There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet …

Introduction Increasing longevity means more people will be dying in very old age, but little
is known about the preferences of the 'oldest old'regarding their care at the end of life. Aims …

Aims: The aims of this study were to examine, on a population level, where people die in
Sweden, and to investigate associations between place of death and underlying cause of …

Background: A wide range of organisational models of palliative care exist. However,
decision makers need more information about which models are likely to be most effective in …

Objective: Our aim was to explore the presence of symptoms, symptom relief, and other key
aspects of palliative care during the final week of life among older people residing in nursing …

Introduction: The majority of nursing home (NH) patients suffer from complex diseases,
including dementia. This makes advance care planning (ACP) particularly important …

The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different
models of health-care provision that are important for residents' health care. Objectives: To …

Objective To explain the current delivery of healthcare to residents living in UK care homes.
Design Qualitative interview study using a grounded theory approach. Setting 6 UK care …

Background: In the United Kingdom, an approach to improving end-of-life care has been the
introduction of 'just in case'or 'anticipatory'medications. Nurses are often responsible for …