Destitute and dying: interventions and models of palliative and end of life care for homeless adults - a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Homeless adults experience a significant symptom burden when living with a life-limiting illness and nearing the end of life. This increases the inequalities that homeless adults face while coping with a loss of rootedness in the world. There is a lack of palliative and end of life care provision specifically adapted to meet their needs, exacerbating their illness and worsening the quality of their remaining life.

Aim

To identify interventions and models of care used to address the palliative and end of life care needs of homeless adults, and to determine their effectiveness.

Methods

Standard systematic reviewing methods were followed, searching from 1 January 2000 the databases: Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycInfo. Results wer

SUBMITTER: Coverdale MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672054 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature