ABSTRACT Take-Away Points: 1. Geriatric palliative care requires integrating the disciplines
of hospital medicine and palliative care in pursuit of delivering comprehensive, whole …

Introduction The proportion of non-cancer patients (NCs) admitted to palliative care (PC)
services increases steadily. Nevertheless, little is known not only about their specific …

Background If patient age affects the quality of end-of-life care in cancer is unknown. Using
data from a population-based register of palliative care in Sweden, we addressed this …

Purpose The care of older neurosurgical patients at the end life is a particularly demanding
challenge. Especially, the specific needs of very old patients with glioblastoma at the end of …

Context Performance status measures are increasingly completed by patients in outpatient
cancer settings, but are not well validated for this use. Objectives We assessed performance …

We identified factors and outcomes associated with inpatient palliative care (PC)
consultation, stratified into early and late timing, for patients over age 65 with traumatic brain …

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the symptom burden and achievement of
good death of elderly cancer patients with that of younger patients. Methods: Secondary …

Objectives Age group differences have been reported for pain and symptom presentations in
outpatient and inpatient oncology settings, but it is unknown if these differences occur in …

CONTEXT: Palliative care (PC) consultations result in improved patient understanding of
prognosis and better quality of life, yet the content and processes of prognosis …

The implementation of effective geriatric palliative care (PC) services will be increasingly
important as the number of patients ages≥ 65 years continues to grow. However, literature …