Advance care plans improve quality of life for heart failure patients

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Advance Care

scholarly journals THE INTREPID TRIAL – CAN MECHANCIAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT REDUCE MORTALITY & IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR END-STAGE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS?

ASAIO Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Tofy Mussivand ◽  
Peer Portner ◽  
Debbie Jacobs ◽  
Michael Pasque ◽  
John Crouch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Circulatory Support ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
End Stage Heart Failure ◽  
End Stage

scholarly journals Care plans for the older heart failure patient

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_L) ◽  
pp. L32-L35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loreena Hill ◽  
Matthew A Carson ◽  
Cristiana Vitale
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Pharmacological Interventions ◽  
Optimal Plan ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Vital Component

Abstract Heart failure (HF) professionals are managing an older population with multiple, often interconnected comorbidities. The average age of the HF patient has increased substantially and many have a number of comorbidities. For the older HF patient, diligent planning of care has the potential to reduce hospitalization, improve quality of life and mortality; nevertheless, this vital component is often overlooked. Frailty, cachexia, sarcopenia, and cognitive impairment are all common in the older HF patient and require special care considerations. Many older HF patients live for many years with troublesome symptoms that could be better addressed through the incorporation of a palliative approach to care. Effective care plans can help patients maximize their health potential through both lifestyle and pharmacological interventions. However, current evidence remains scarce on what constitutes an optimal plan, therefore further studies are urgently needed. We review the care that could be implemented for the complex older HF patient with comorbidities.

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