There is little agreement about what constitutes good death or successful dying. The authors
conducted a literature search for published, English-language, peer-reviewed reports of …

Background Home-based models of hospice and palliative care are promoted with the
argument that most people prefer to die at home. We examined the heterogeneity in …

Background: Residents living in long-term care facilities are a vulnerable population. For
many residents, a nursing home is their place of death. Palliative care and end-of-life …

Introduction Increasing longevity means more people will be dying in very old age, but little
is known about the preferences of the 'oldest old'regarding their care at the end of life. Aims …

Objectives Advance care planning is a key preparatory step in ensuring high-quality
palliative and end of life care, and should be considered as a process, beginning with …

Background: Research suggests that the public appear to be confused about the meaning of
palliative care. Given the ageing population and associated increase in the number of …

Background The experiences of people with cancer and organ disease have been
described across different dimensions of need as they approach death. Such information is …

Background Few studies have focused on how older persons living in nursing homes
perceive their last period of life. Furthermore, previous research on older persons' …

Objectives Prevalence rates of death by euthanasia (EUT) and physician-assisted suicide
(PAS) have increased among older adults, and public debates on these practices are still …

When I refer to the dying person in this work I am referring to a person who is consciously
aware and expectant that death will come soon—often in the next few hours, days, months …