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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 ...

Objectives To quantify agreement between patients and their family members on their own values and preferences for use or non-use of life-sustaining treatments for the patient. Methods Hospitalised ...

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 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.

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 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 ...

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 ...