Palliative Care across Settings: Perspectives from Inpatient, Primary Care, and Home Health Care Providers and Staff.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early introduction of palliative care can improve patient-centered outcomes for older adults with complex medical conditions. However, identifying the need for and introducing palliative care with patients and caregivers is often difficult. We aim to identify how and why a multi-setting approach to palliative care discussions may improve the identification of palliative care needs and how to facilitate these conversations.

Methods

Descriptive qualitative study to inform the development and future pilot testing of a model to improve recognition of, and support for, unmet palliative care needs in home health care (HHC). Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with providers across inpatient (n = 11), primary care (n = 17), and HHC settings (n = 10).

Resul

SUBMITTER: Tietbohl CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495535 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature