What matters most to patients with palliative care needs when receiving care within... The centrality of the role of hospitals in provision of palliative care is often not well recognised and care provision can be suboptimal. Dr Claudia Virdun, Senior Research... Read more... 6/08/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 750
Palliative Care Nursing – looking back to where it started and where it is now Nurses play a critical role in providing holistic care and support to persons at the end of life and their loved ones. In our fifth blog for the Part of Life series,... Read more... 27/01/2021 | Health Professionals | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Person-centred care | Part of Life Views: 839
The impact of art therapy in a palliative setting Art therapy is used in palliative care to compliment a holistic approach to care and to augment traditional clinical and medical approaches. In this blog, Estelle Chapple, an... Read more... 25/06/2020 | Health Professionals | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Art therapy Views: 681
Palliative care and COVID-19: destruction, disruption and new opportunities… COVID-19 has caused many disruptions but has also created new approaches and innovations, especially when it comes to existing palliative care patients and the palliative care... Read more... 27/05/2020 | COVID-19 | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Strategy and policy Views: 460