Back to Search
Start Over
Enhancing palliative care for low-income elders with chronic disease: feasibility of a hospice consultation model.
- Source :
-
Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care [J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care] 2014; Vol. 10 (4), pp. 356-77. - Publication Year :
- 2014
-
Abstract
- Challenges exist in assimilating palliative care within community-based services for nursing home eligible low-income elders with complex chronic illness as they approach the end of life (EOL). This study assessed the feasibility of a consultation model, with hospice clinicians working with three Care Wisconsin Partnership Program teams. Consults occurred primarily during team meetings and also informally and on joint patient visits and were primarily with the palliative care nurse addressing physical issues. Fifty-seven percent of consultant recommendations were implemented. Benefits of consultation were identified with focus groups of clinical staff as were opportunities and barriers to the implementation. Models of integration are proposed.
- Subjects :
- Attitude to Death
Cooperative Behavior
Focus Groups
Humans
Independent Living
Longitudinal Studies
Patient Care Team
Systems Integration
Chronic Disease therapy
Hospice Care organization & administration
Long-Term Care organization & administration
Palliative Care organization & administration
Poverty
Social Work organization & administration
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1552-4264
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25494931
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2014.975088