Background: Palliative care exists in diverse healthcare settings. Nurses play a crucial role
in its provision. Different levels of palliative care provision and education have been …

According to a communication published on June 4, 2020 by The European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 31–66% of all deaths, depending on country, due …

Background Palliative care is nowadays essential in nursing care, due to the increasing
number of patients who require attention in the final stages of their life. Lack of knowledge of …

Providing quality end-of-life care for older people is one of our biggest challenges in this
new COVID-19 era. Advanced age, because of its association with a range of physical …

Importance High-quality evidence on how to improve palliative care in nursing homes is
lacking. Objective To investigate the effect of the Palliative Care for Older People (PACE) …

Background: Considering social cognitive theory and current literature about successful
advance care planning in nursing homes, sufficient knowledge and self-efficacy are …

Palliative care—specialized healthcare focused on improving quality of life for patients with
serious illnesses—can help urologists to care for patients with unmet symptom, coping and …

Background: Nurses must possess adequate competencies to provide high-quality palliative
care. Earlier statements have described certain competencies that are relevant for palliative …

Many individuals receiving post-acute and long-term care services in nursing homes have
unmet palliative and end-of-life care needs. Hospice has been the predominant approach to …

Abstract Background By 2030, 30% of the European population will be aged 60 or over and
those aged 80 and above will be the fastest growing cohort. An increasing number of people …