Background: Heart failure is a complex cardiac syndrome prevalent in an older population.
Caring for heart failure patients through the disease trajectory presents physical and …

Background: The family caregivers of patients with heart failure (HF) report burden and poor
quality of life, but little is known about changes in their perceptions over time. Objectives …

Background: Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom in patients with advanced
disease. With increasing focus on home death for patients, carers are expected to support …

A chronic physical/mental disease not only has direct consequences for the chronically-ill
older adults but can also alter the caregiver's life. The objectives of this study were to identify …

The objective is to test the effectiveness of Partners in Dementia Care (PDC), a care‐
coordination program that integrates and improves access to medical and nonmedical …

Caring for older cancer patients after hospital discharge is challenging and many of their
caregivers lack confidence to do so. This study investigated the effects of an individualized …

Objectives To assess differences in the burden of caregivers of patients in Vegetative state
(VS) and minimally conscious state (MCS). Materials and methods T he F amily S train Q …

AbstractIntroduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the inter tester and intra
tester reliability of 5 static and 3 dynamic palpation tests, and three pain provocation tests …

Aims and objectives. To evaluate the effect of a group‐based multi‐professional educational
programme for family members of patients with chronic heart failure with regard to quality of …

Introduction: Speech sound disorder is one of the most prevalent developmental
communication disorders affecting approximately 8.7 percent of school-age children …