#palliativecare — Public Fediverse posts

Whatever happens next with the campaign for the legalisation of assisted dying, perhaps the most positive thing to come out of the recent debates & legislative deliberations, is a wider recognition of the vital & positive role of palliative care.

For both sides, I hope that while they may disagree on the legislative aspect(s), a renewed emphasis on palliative care & its expended funding (if it appears) will be seen as a good result....

#health #AssistedDying #PalliativeCare #politics

https://www.europesays.com/people/222695/ Andy Burnham to miss crucial assisted dying vote as legislation remains on knife edge #AndyBurnham #AssistedDeath #AssistedDying #ControversialLegislation #KeirStarmer #PA #PalliativeCare #Parliament #TheCommons

Can you tell someone will die months before it happens? A hospice nurse shares the clues.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/hospice-nurse-month-dying-symptoms-ex1/

Can you tell someone will die months before it happens? A hospice nurse shares the clues.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/hospice-nurse-month-dying-symptoms-ex1/

Can you tell someone will die months before it happens? A hospice nurse shares the clues.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/hospice-nurse-month-dying-symptoms-ex1/

Can you tell someone will die months before it happens? A hospice nurse shares the clues.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/hospice-nurse-month-dying-symptoms-ex1/

📢 New research alert!

📝 Our study in #Thrombosis and #Haemostasis explores anticoagulant use in life-limiting diseases

➡️ most patients continued therapy until end-of-life with comparable risks of bleeding or clots after stopping.

✅ understanding helps to improve quality of life of future patients

🥳 Kudos to Eva Kempers!

🔗 10.1055/a-2524-5334

#palliativecare #geriatrics #medmastodon

🥳 Thrilled to share our latest publication in #Thrombosis Research!

📖 Emily Martens led this important study on #deprescribing #antithrombotic therapy in end-of-life #cancer care

❗ Lots of practice variation across #Europe
➡️ More #evidence needed

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2024.109205

#geriatrics #medmastodon #palliativecare

If I’d been given palliative care when I had an eating disorder, I would not be here today | Dorothy Dunn | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/palliative-care-nhs-patients-eating-disorders-recovery

#EatingDisorder
#SEEDTreatment
#PalliativeCare
#Hospitalisation
#AccessToCare
#UnderFunding
#UnderStaffing
#NHS

Minister Manne Lucha besuchte auf seiner #Sommertour den Wohnpark St. Martinus der St. Elisabeth-Stiftung in Blitzenreute. In zwei Wohngruppen können dort bis zu 28 #Pflegebedürftige in familiärer Atmosphäre leben. Minister Lucha gratulierte der Stiftung zum Projektstart und bedankte sich bei allen Mitwirkenden für ihr Engagement.

#Palliativpflege #PalliativeCare #Modellprojekt #Pflege #StElisabethStiftung #Blitzenreute #Hospizarbeit #Palliativpflege #PalliativeCare #Modellprojekt #Pflege

Last week "Quality of Life Research" published 7 papers:
https://link.springer.com/journal/11136/online-first #ISOQOL

For example,

effectiveness of verbal instruction vs video-based education for caregivers of head & neck #cancer patients
https://rdcu.be/diEFn
#India #PalliativeCare

#SysReview of psychometric quality of instruments reporting #HRQL in survivors of critical illness
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-023-03487-x #COSMIN

Estimating the disutility of relapse in #MultipleSclerosis
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-023-03486-y #EQ5D #AQoL #SF6D