Fostering timely integrated palliative care in nursing homes through critical companionship: experiences from a Padi-Palli interventional study in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the fundamental pillars of integrating a palliative approach in nursing home care is increasing professional competencies and institutional capacity. However, conventional training designs have been proven to fall short of supporting this integration. This paper details the results of a practice development intervention that used critical companionship as a learning design to facilitate the integration of a palliative approach in the care of nursing home residents in France.

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the perceived outcomes of Padi-Palli critical companionship in supporting the integration of a palliative approach in the care of residents in nursing homes in France.

Design

Qualitative multiple case study situated within a constructivist t

SUBMITTER: Bagaragaza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11533194 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature