Background/objectives Handgrip strength is a critical indicator of overall health, particularly in older adults, and is associated with frailty, sarcopenia and risk of adverse health outcomes. Precise ...

Background Advance care planning is considered best practice for children and young people with life-limiting conditions but there is limited evidence how parents’ perceive, understand and engage with ...

Correspondence to Mark Taubert, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Velindre University NHS Trust and Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, Caerdydd CF14 2TL, UK; ...

Background Over 940,000 people in the UK are thought to be living with dementia (Dementia UK. Trustees’ annual report and consolidated financial statements. 2022), yet people with dementia have not ...

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been significant efforts to support more people to remain at home at the end of life. In Fife, Scotland, at the beginning of the pandemic, a ...

Objective To determine the feasibility of conducting creative writing workshops (CWW) for patients with cancer to promote improvement in mood. Method We piloted a prospective study to determine the ...

This research was part of a multiple case-study, theory-building project, observing the moments of assimilation and accommodation in clients relearning their post-bereavement world. The aim was to ...

St Rocco’s Hospice was commissioned by ICB Place following a successful bid from the Digital Health Partnership to develop and deliver a 12-month pilot for a virtual ward for specialist Palliative ...

Background Methadone can be used to treat complex or neuropathic pain. Due to its unique pharmacological properties, switching from another opioid is complex. Ratios and equianalgesic doses are a ...

Introduction The Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local action (2015) and relaunched in 2021 for an additional five years. Developed through partnership, the ...

Nursing handovers are widely established within the field of palliative care nursing, playing a pivotal role in the continuity of patient care (Smith, Gale, Glynn, et al., 2012. BMJ Support Palliat ...