Objectives To examine whether use of a hand-held fan (‘fan’) improves breathlessness and increases physical activity. Methods A secondary exploratory analysis using pooled data from the fan arms of ...

Background French demographic projection expects an increasing number of older, dependent patients in the next few years. A large proportion of this population lives in nursing homes and their ...

Background All Healthcare professionals including nurses should be competent to provide the best end of life care. We developed Professional Development in Palliative and End of Life Care Programme to ...

Background Anticipatory grief is the grieving process that can happen prior to a loss or bereavement experience (Dehpour & Kopffman. Aging Ment Health. 2023;27(1):110–123). Lindemann describes ...

The role of the End of Life Doula is gathering pace across the UK. Discussions have taken place with commissioners in Croydon, GP clinical leads and the community geriatrician for Croydon to be a test ...

Background Community Telecare Responders (CTRs) are a staff group who provide 24-hour telephone and practical support to people living and dying at home. The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice was ...

Background Hospice care recruitment is challenging, leading to a struggle to provide the gold-standard end-of-life care everyone deserves (Lipscombe. Understanding the hospice clinical workforce.