Context Inadequate handovers between hospital and home can lead to adverse health
outcomes. A group particularly at risk is patients at the end of life because of complex health …

Background: Palliative patients often suffer from serious illness and commonly move
between care settings. As such, transfers of patients can take place between acute hospital …

Context Hospital-to-home transitions, particularly at the end of life, can be challenging for
patients and their family caregivers. Therefore, there is a need to better understand gaps in …

Background: Transitions between care settings (hospice, hospital and community) can be
challenging for patients and family caregivers and are often an under-researched area of …

Background: Hospital-to-home transitions in palliative care are fraught with challenges. To
assess transitions researchers have used patient reported outcome measures and …

Background: Transitioning from the hospital to community is a vulnerable point in patients'
care trajectory, yet little is known about this experience within the context of palliative care …

The care of patients whose illnesses cannot be cured places many stresses on health
professionals (both generalist and specialist), and more importantly on patients and families …

Context Continuity of care is important at improving the patient experience and reducing
unnecessary hospitalizations when transitioning across care settings, especially at the end …

Background: As modern medicine extends the life expectancy of patients with life-limiting
illnesses and health system resource pressures intensify, palliative care physicians …

Background Early start of palliative care improves the quality of life of eligible patients and
their relatives. However, in hospital, patients who could benefit from palliative care are often …