Meeting through Touch

Dramatherapy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Samuele Russo
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Palliative Care Setting

This case study celebrates the contribution of Marian ‘Billy’ Lindkvist's Movement with Touch and Sound (MTS) to the field of dramatherapy. This unique way of working is explored through the story of Nora – an elderly lady living at the end of life with dementia in a palliative care setting. When words are no longer a way of communication, but rather an obstacle leading to misunderstanding, new ways must be found. Can the ‘preferred language’, suggested by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), be interpreted as a non-verbal way of communication?

Refractory hyperactive delirium in the dying: pharmacological management

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2021-003139
Author(s):  
Kathryn Tham ◽  
Angela Shiu ◽  
Leeroy William ◽  
Grace Walpole ◽  
Saly Rashed
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Eastern Health ◽  
Advanced Illness ◽  
Pharmacological Management ◽  
Clinical Notes ◽  
Retrospective Audit ◽  
Palliative Care Setting

BackgroundDelirium is a prevalent clinical presentation in advanced illness. The hyperactive phase can cause severe symptoms at the end of life. There is no published study of the pharmacological management of this symptom in Australian palliative medicine practice.ObjectivesTo describe the pharmacological management of hyperactive delirium at the end of life in an Australian inpatient palliative care setting.MethodsRetrospective audit of deaths from October 2019 where a medication of interest (MOI) was used following admission to the palliative care unit (PCU) of Eastern Health. The clinical notes of those included were reviewed to further describe the clinical details surrounding the use of the MOI.ResultsForty patients were included. Midazolam was the most common medication used (57.5%). The most common dual agent combination was midazolam plus levomepromazine.ConclusionsThis audit is the first description of pharmacological management of severe hyperactive delirium at the end of life requiring sedation in an Australian PCU.

Validation of the Phase II Feasibility Study in a Palliative Care Setting

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 752-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Lee ◽  
Ryash Vather ◽  
Anne O’Callaghan ◽  
Jackie Robinson ◽  
Briar McLeod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Palliative Care Setting

Outcome measures for holistic, complex interventions within the palliative care setting

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Anita Thompson ◽  
Tina Quinn ◽  
Charlotte Paterson ◽  
Helen Cooke ◽  
Deidre McQuigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Palliative Care Setting

scholarly journals Bereaved spouses' adjustment after the patients' death in palliative care

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria E. Carlsson ◽  
Ingrid M. Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
First Year ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Palliative Care Setting ◽  
Advanced Home Care ◽  
Grief Reactions

ABSTRACTObjectives:To improve the support to bereaved spouses during the year after the patient's death, a project was started consisting of three visits by a nurse (after 1, 3, and 13 months) with conversations about the patient's death and the spouse's life situation. The aim of this study was to describe the bereaved spouse's situation and adaptation during the first year after the loss.Methods:Spouses of patients cared for by The Advanced Home Care Team (APHCT) in Uppsala, Sweden, were invited to participate in the project. Each participant was encouraged to talk freely about his or her situation, but enough direction was given to ensure that all items listed on a standardized questionnaire were covered.Results:Fifty-one spouses met the inclusion criteria and were invited to participate and 45 accepted. The subjects felt quite healthy but were tired and suffered from sleep disturbance. The grief reactions had initially been high but showed a significant decline from 1 to 13 months (p < .01). Forty-nine percent had experienced postbereavement hallucinations.Significance of results:This study showed that the bereaved spouses felt quite healthy and adjusted quite well to their new life situation, after the patient's death in a palliative care setting. The grief reactions had initially been high but showed a significant decline during the year.

Choice of access route for artificial nutrition in cancer patients: thirty years of activity in a home palliative care setting

Nutrition ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 111264
Author(s):  
Enrico Ruggeri ◽  
Marilena Giannantonio ◽  
Rita Ostan ◽  
Federica Agostini ◽  
Anna Simona Sasdelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Artificial Nutrition ◽  
Access Route ◽  
Palliative Care Setting

Uptake of clinical trials in a palliative care setting: A retrospective cohort study

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Eastman ◽  
Brian Le ◽  
Gillian McCarthy ◽  
James Watt ◽  
Mark Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Palliative Care Setting

Integration of oncology and palliative care: setting a benchmark

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 3253-3259 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vayne-Bossert ◽  
E. Richard ◽  
P. Good ◽  
K. Sullivan ◽  
J.R. Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Palliative Care Setting
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