bowel cancer since 2017 - and was one of the trial patients - said being able to do some of those tests at home was a great... the patient numbers are low. There have been 22 patients like...
By Shiona McCallum ; A new device to help reduce the time cancer patients spend in hospital has been given regulatory approval. ; The Liberty allows patients to take blood tests - and upload the results - at home, and without supervision. ; Its users say it allows them to cut down on draining hospital visits, while clinicians suggest it could boost NHS productivity. ; After being trialled at the Christie, in Manchester, the device will now be deployed at 12 NHS sites.
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the experiences of family members who cared for end-stage cancer patients at home. The participants were 15 bereaved family members (from 13 families), wh...
when caring for a terminal cancer patient in the home with the assistance of a home... These primary caregivers' evaluations of caring for a terminally ill patient at home in conjunction...
The statistic illustrates the number of cancer patients receiving palliative care at home in Italy in 2017, broken down by region.
MeSH terms Adaptation, Psychological Adult Aged Family Female Home Nursing / education* Humans Male Middle Aged Neoplasms / nursing* Neoplasms / psychology Palliative Care Stress, Psychological
6-Minute Listen ; Hospice allows a patient deemed to have fewer than six months to live to change the focus of their medical care — from the goal of curing disease to a new goal of using treatments and medicines to maintain comfort and quality of life. It is a form of palliative care, which also focuses on pain management, but can be provided while a patient continues to seek a cure or receive treatments to prolong life. Usually, hospice care is offered in the home, or sometimes in a nursing h...
Some health systems are encouraging selected emergency room patients who are sick but stable and don't need intensive, round-the-clock care to opt for hospital-level care at home, instead.
The Berrien County Cancer Service, Inc. provides a unique nursing service for the people of Berrien County. We specialize in skilled home nursing care for…
with cancer. Data sources: Four electronic databases-Medline (1966-2004), PsycINFO (1972... Odds ratios for home death were plotted for factors with high strength evidence. Results: 58...