Sentences with phrase «early palliative»

The study's findings suggest that early palliative consultations with the sickest patients may decrease unwanted aggressive end - of - life care, as well as shorten length of stays in hospital.

Similarly, patient satisfaction with care improved substantially at both three and four months in the early palliative care group, while it deteriorated in the control group.

«Earlier palliative care improves quality of life, patient satisfaction, cancer study shows.»

Not exact matches

«In order to alleviate suffering for all seriously ill patients, it is extremely important that we also provide excellent palliative care early in the illness process.»

Researchers also found that early integration of palliative care results in an increase in discussions about patient end - of - life care preferences.

Palliative care needs can be addressed from an early stage of an illness to ensure we are increasing the quality of everyday life for our patients.

Results of the first clinical study to assess the impact of providing early outpatient palliative care versus standard oncology care in a wide range of advanced cancers show that earlier care improved quality of life and patient satisfaction.

The findings, published online today in the leading medical journal The Lancet, demonstrate the benefits of cancer centres providing early specialized palliative care in outpatient clinics, says principal investigator Dr. Camilla Zimmermann, Head, Palliative Care Program, UHN, and Medical Director, Al Hertz Centre for Supportive and Palliative Care at the Princesspalliative care in outpatient clinics, says principal investigator Dr. Camilla Zimmermann, Head, Palliative Care Program, UHN, and Medical Director, Al Hertz Centre for Supportive and Palliative Care at the PrincessPalliative Care Program, UHN, and Medical Director, Al Hertz Centre for Supportive and Palliative Care at the PrincessPalliative Care at the Princess Margaret.

Among their recommendations for health policymakers and caregivers are the need to engage community - based care «receivers» earlier in the transition process, to adopt a palliative care approach with patients and their families that sets realistic care goals, and to focus not only on preventing hospitalization, but also on making out - of - hospital transitions easier.

«We've had encouraging early results with what would have been palliative cases,» says Bridgen.

«Palliative care models are all about improving people's quality of life, not the quantity,» said Reynolds, noting that in many cases patients receiving palliative care early do actually live a couple of months longer thanPalliative care models are all about improving people's quality of life, not the quantity,» said Reynolds, noting that in many cases patients receiving palliative care early do actually live a couple of months longer thanpalliative care early do actually live a couple of months longer than expected.

In addition to her expert skill as a clinician, Dr. Frontera also has many research interests including identifying biomarkers and predictors of early brain injury and vasospasm / delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage and their impact on outcome; determining the efficacy of therapeutic strategies and developing guidelines for the management of patients with intracranial hemorrhage; evaluating the cost, length of stay, quality of life, functional and cognitive outcomes in a broader population of intracranial hemorrhage patients; developing guidelines for the integration of palliative care into the intensive care unit setting; and evaluating the relationship of Zika virus infection, Guillain - Barre, and other neurologic disorders.

While integrated models of palliative care in oncology clinics are critical to beginning palliative care early in the course of disease, they may miss important, vulnerable populations who use the ED in disproportionate numbers.

Herein, we present results from the first trial of ED - initiated palliative care in advanced cancer, proving that early referral to palliative care significantly improves QOL and does not seem to have a negative impact on survival.

While of obvious importance to patients, these findings are also tremendously important to hospitals and policymakers who are concerned with initiating palliative care earlier in the disease course.

Earlier in 2014, the Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHPCA), in collaboration with Harris Decima, released the results of a Canada - wide survey focusing on perceptions of palliative care Palliative Care Association (CHPCA), in collaboration with Harris Decima, released the results of a Canada - wide survey focusing on perceptions of palliative care palliative care in Canada.

The Sunday Age reported that Premier Daniel Andrews shifted his views on euthanasia during his father's lengthy and agonising battle with cancer earlier this year, however palliative care doctors have argued that legalising assisted dying could come at the expense of patients receiving end - of - life care.