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Experiences of healthcare professionals providing palliative care in home settings - a scoping review
Background:The growing preference for home-based end-of-life care accords a dignified death for terminally ill patients. However, for healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved, this caregiving approach…
By Luke Tan, Sonia Sheri, Yun Yao Goh, Raeanne Fong, Ranitha Govindasamy, Yun Ting Ong, Nur Amira Binte Abdul Hamid, Tessa Li Xiang Low, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna
Published: Mar 2025
Homecare workers needs and experiences in end of life care: rapid review
Background:Social homecare workers provide essential care to those living at home at the end of life. In the context of a service experiencing difficulties in attracting and retaining staff, we have…
By Catherine Forward, Zana Bayley, Liz Walker, Justine Krygier, Caroline White, Kasonde Mwaba, Helene Elliott-button, Paul Taylor, Miriam J Johnson
Published: Dec 2024
How Do Home Care Workers Experience A Client’s Death, Professionally and Personally? A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis
Background: Home care workers (HCWs) may frequently experience client death. This critical interpretive meta-synthesis aimed to identify the impacts of client death to offer preliminary…
By Gillian Mhairi Findlay, Noelle Robertson ,
Published: Nov 2024
Efficacy of spiritual interventions in palliative care: An umbrella review of systematic reviews
Background:Spiritual care is increasingly recognised as an essential component of care in palliative settings. Given this growing body of literature on spiritual interventions, there is a need to…
By Philip D Austin, Wei Lee, Robyn Keall, Melanie R Lovell
Published: Oct 2024
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people with advanced progressive illness, their caregivers and staff involved in their care: A scoping review
Background:People with an advanced progressive illness and their caregivers frequently experience anxiety, uncertainty and anticipatory grief. Traditional approaches to address psychological concerns…
By Tilly Gibson Watt, David Gillanders, Juliet A Spiller, Anne M Finucane
Published: Jul 2023
Interventions Effects on Psychological Distress: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
Background: Managing psychological distress is an objective of palliative care. No meta-analysis has evaluated whether palliative care reduces psychological distress.Objectives: Examine the effects of…
By Molly A Nowels, Saurabh Kalra, Paul R Duberstein, Emily Coakley, Biren Saraiya, Login George, Elissa Kozlov
Published: Jun 2023
Psychological well- being of hospice staff: systematic review
Background: Poor psychological well-being among healthcare staff has implications for staff sickness and absence rates, and impacts on the quality, cost and safety of patient care. Although numerous…
By Andrew Papworth, Lucy Ziegler, Bryony Beresford, Suzanne Mukherjee, Lorna Fraser, Victoria Fisher, Mark O'Neill, Su Golder, Andre Bedendo, Johanna Taylor
Published: Apr 2023
A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis Investigating the Effectiveness of Psychological Short-Term Interventions in Inpatient Palliative Care Settings
This paper reviews and summarises the evidence of short-term psychosocial interventions (up to 12 sessions delivered within less than eight weeks) on anxiety, depression, and emotional distress in…
By Reka Schweighoffer, Andrea M. Schumacher, Richard Blaese, Silke Walter, Sandra Eckstein
Published: Jun 2022
Spiritual Interventions Delivered by Nurses to Address Patients’ Needs in Hospitals or Long- Term Care Facilities: A Systematic Review
Introduction: Despite increasing evidence of the benefits of spiritual care and nurses' efforts to incorporate spiritual interventions into palliative care and clinical practice, the role of…
By Fabiana Cristina Dos Santos, Tamara G.R. Macieira, Yingwei Yao, Samantha Hunter, Olatunde O. Madandola, Hwayoung Cho, Ragnhildur I. Bjarnadottir, Karen Dunn Lopez, Diana J. Wilkie, Gail M. Keenan
Published: Mar 2022