Larry Beresford Jason Black, MD, trained in family medicine, worked for Kaiser Permanente, and subsequently completed a fellowship in geriatrics. Today, he treats frail elderly patients, mostly residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities or living in their own homes, for Gilchrist, a hospice and palliative care organization serving Baltimore and central Maryland. photo...
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Many older adults receiving home care do not receive palliative care before death, finds study
by Canadian Medical Association Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany older adults receiving home care do not receive any palliative home care before death, suggesting we need better methods to identify people who need this support, according to new research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Palliative care is an essential component of a holistic, comprehensive and...
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Palliative care doesn’t improve psychological distress, finds study
by Deion Wright, Rutgers University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Palliative care—a specialized medical care focused on quality of life for people with a serious illness such as cancer or heart failure—isn’t likely to reduce psychological distress, according to a Rutgers study. Researchers involved with the study, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, found there...