With advances in heart failure (HF) treatment, patients are living longer, putting further
emphasis on quality of life (QOL) and the role of palliative care principles in their care …

Background: Older people with kidney failure often choose conservative kidney care. The
experiences and quality of life (QOL) of caregivers who support them are incompletely …

Background Primary family caregivers of hemodialysis patients are the “hidden patients”
who shoulder extraordinary care burdens. However, there is a dearth of studies in Ethiopia …

Background Over recent years, interest in the development of smart health technologies
aimed at supporting independent living for older populations has increased. The integration …

Efforts to improve end-of-life (EOL) care have generally been focused on cancer patients,
but high-quality EOL care is also important for patients with other serious medical illnesses …

Long-Term Care (LTC) for older people in need of care is a critical issue affecting the quality
of life of family caregivers (as well as older people), encompassing both negative and …

Objectives: Caregivers of adults afflicted with a variety of chronic physical and mental health
conditions are at risk for poorer well-being and reduced health related to chronic stress …

This quantitative study (n= 370) compares the pandemic-related experiences of the family
carers of older people living with dementia during the first wave of the pandemic, in two …

Background Recruitment in health and social science research is a critically important but
often overlooked step in conducting successful research. The challenges associated with …

Context There is limited evidence about which elements and characteristics of palliative care
service provision improve the experiences of older people living with life-limiting illness …