topic:"Hospice care" found 15 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

The 3 Wishes Project : helping to make meaningful memories at the end of life

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Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. The 3 Wishes Project Staff. Halifax, NS: Nova Scotia Health Authority , 2022.

Pamphlet Number: 1905

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The goal of the 3 Wishes Project is to improve the end-of-life experience for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their loved ones. This pamphlet lists what the team helps with and provides examples of some of the wishes made by patients and their loved ones. It also describes where the program started and which organizations support the program. Contact information is provided.

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Corporate Author: Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. The 3 Wishes Project Staff

Place of Publication: Halifax, NS

Publisher: Nova Scotia Health Authority

Date of Publication: 2022

Format: Pamphlet

Language: English

Physical Description: 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file

Subjects (MeSH): Hospice Care - psychology; Critical Care - psychology

Subjects (LCSH): Hospice care; Intensive care units

Specialty: Palliative Care

Abstract: The goal of the 3 Wishes Project is to improve the end-of-life experience for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their loved ones. This pamphlet lists what the team helps with and provides examples of some of the wishes made by patients and their loved ones. It also describes where the program started and which organizations support the program. Contact information is provided.

Responsibility: Prepared by: The 3 Wishes Project staff, QEII

Pamphlet Number: 1905

99 common questions (and more) about hospice palliative care : a nurse's handbook

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Regional Palliative Care Program, Capital Health, Edmonton. (3rd ed.) --Edmonton, AB: Capital Health , 2006.

Call Number: WB 310 N714n 2006

Location: Dickson Building; Nova Scotia Hospital

Call Number: WB 310 N714n 2006

Corporate Author: Regional Palliative Care Program, Capital Health, Edmonton

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: Edmonton, AB

Publisher: Capital Health

Date of Publication: 2006

Physical Description: 140 p.

ISBN: 0929064518

Subjects (MeSH): Palliative Care; Hospice Care

Format: Book

Location: Dickson Building; Nova Scotia Hospital

Copies: 4

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Caring for dying people of different faiths

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Julia Neuberger. (3rd ed.) --Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press , c2004.

Call Number: WB 310 N478c 2004

Location: Cape Breton Regional

Call Number: WB 310 N478c 2004

Author: Neuberger, Julia

Responsibility: Julia Neuberger

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL

Publisher: CRC Press

Date of Publication: c2004

Physical Description: viii, 104 p.

ISBN: 9781857759457; 1857759451

Subjects (MeSH): Cultural Characteristics; Culturally Competent Care; Hospice Care; Religion and Medicine

Subjects (LCSH): Death--Religious aspects; Terminal care--Religious aspects

Contents: Introduction to caring for dying people of different faiths -- Judaism -- Christianity -- African and Afro-Caribbean beliefs and customs -- Islam -- Hinduism -- Sikhism -- Buddhism -- Chinese beliefs and customs -- Japanese beliefs and customs -- Humanism -- People as individuals.

Format: Book

Location: Cape Breton Regional

Essentials in hospice and palliative care : a practical resource for every nurse

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Katherine Murray. --Victoria, BC: Life and Death Matters , 2017.

Call Number: WB 310 M982e 2017

Location: Yarmouth Regional Hospital

Sub-Location: RESERVE

Call Number: WB 310 M982e 2017

Author: Murray, Katherine

Responsibility: Katherine Murray

Place of Publication: Victoria, BC

Publisher: Life and Death Matters

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: xvii, 293 p. : illustrations

ISBN: 9781926923116

Subjects (MeSH): Palliative Care; Hospice Care

Format: Book

Location: Yarmouth Regional Hospital

Sub-Location: RESERVE

Copies: 2

Loan Period: 24 hour loan

Essentials of palliative care

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Nalini Vadivelu, Alan David Kaye, Jack M. Berger, editors. --New York, NY: Springer , c2013.

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Location: Online

Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity…

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Other Authors: Vadivelu, Nalini; Kaye, Alan David; Berger, Jack M

Responsibility: Nalini Vadivelu, Alan David Kaye, Jack M. Berger, editors

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2013

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 518 p. : 26 ill., 13 ill. in color)

ISBN: 9781461451648

Subjects (MeSH): Hospice Care; Palliative Care

Subjects (LCSH): Anesthesiology; Critical care medicine; Internal medicine; Nursing; Pain medicine

Abstract: Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity to the goals and culture of the patient. Review questions, with detailed answers, provide a convenient way for readers to test their knowledge. Features: Concise, comprehensive, clinically focused Multiple choice review questions, with detailed answers, Expert contributors from leading institutions, Coordination of care by palliative care team a major focus.

Contents: 1. Introduction and Education -- 2. Multidisciplinary Approach and Coordination of Care -- 3. Psychological Distress and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Palliative Care -- 4. Hospice for the Terminally Ill and End of Life Care -- 5. Communication in palliative care -- 6. Guidance with Complex Treatment Choices -- 7. Symptom Management -- 8. Nutrition in Palliative Care -- 9. Nursing Perspective and Considerations -- 10. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Palliative care -- 11. Social Work in Palliative Care -- 12: The Healthcare System: More Questions Than Answers -- 13. Vascular Access, Ostomies and Drains Care in Palliative medicine -- 14. Drug Formulary -- 15. Interventional Radiology in Palliative Care -- 16. Stroke, Epilepsy and Neurological Diseases -- 17. Interventional Techniques in Palliative Care -- 18. Headache in Palliative Care -- 19. Endoscopic Therapies for Palliation of Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- 20. The Role of Palliative Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery -- 21. Management of Advanced Heart Failure Patients -- 22. Palliative Care in Cardiac Electrophysiology -- 23. Palliation in Respiratory Disease -- 24. Palliative Care in Critical Care Units -- 25. Pediatric Palliative Care -- 26. New Pain Management Vistas in Palliative Care -- 27. Ethics in Palliative and End of Life Care -- 28 Physician Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement for Palliative Care -- Index.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Hospice care for children

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Edited By Ann Armstrong-Dailey [and] Sarah Zarbock Goltzer. --New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 1993.

Call Number: WS 200 H828 1993

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Call Number: WS 200 H828 1993

Author: Armstrong-Dailey, Ann

Other Authors: Golter, Sarah Zarbock

Responsibility: Edited By Ann Armstrong-Dailey [and] Sarah Zarbock Goltzer

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: 294 p.

ISBN: 195073126

Subjects (MeSH): Attitude to Death; Grief; Hospice Care; Hospices - organization & administration; Infant; Child

Format: Book

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Copies: 1

Loan Period: 2 weeks

Hospice Palliative Home Care and Bereavement Support : Nursing Interventions and Supportive Care

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Lorraine Holtslander, Shelley Peacock, Jill Bally, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2019.

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Location: Online

This book provides an unique resource for registered nurses working in hospice palliative care at home and for the community, outside of acute care settings and also incorporates literature related to palliative care in acute health care settings, as part of the overall services and supports required. Very few resources exist which specifically address hospice palliative care in the home setting, despite the fact that most palliative care occurs outside acute care settings and is primarily supp…

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Other Authors: Holtslander, Lorraine; Peacock, Shelley; Bally, Jill

Responsibility: Lorraine Holtslander, Shelley Peacock, Jill Bally, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2019

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 272 p.) : 23 illus., 22 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783030195359; 9783030195342 (Print ed.); 9783030195366 (Print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Home Health Nursing; Hospice Care - methods; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing; Palliative Care - methods

Specialty: Nursing; Palliative Care

Abstract: This book provides an unique resource for registered nurses working in hospice palliative care at home and for the community, outside of acute care settings and also incorporates literature related to palliative care in acute health care settings, as part of the overall services and supports required. Very few resources exist which specifically address hospice palliative care in the home setting, despite the fact that most palliative care occurs outside acute care settings and is primarily supported by unpaid family caregivers. An overview of the concerns for individuals and families, as well as specific nursing interventions, from all ages would be an excellent support for nursing students and practicing registered nurses alike. The book structure begins with a description of the goals and objectives of hospice palliative care and the nursing role in providing excellent supportive care. Chapters include research findings and specifically research completed by the authors in the areas of pediatric palliative care, palliative care for those with dementia, and the needs of family caregivers in bereavement. Interventions developed by the editors are provided in this book, such as the “Finding Balance Intervention” for bereaved caregivers; the “Reclaiming Yourself” tool for bereaved spouses of partners with dementia; and The Keeping Hope Possible Toolkit for families of children with life threatening and life limiting illnesses. The development and application of these theory-based interventions are also highlighted. Videos and vignettes written by family caregivers about what was helpful for them, provide a patient-and family-centered approach. The book will benefit nursing students, educators and practicing registered nurses by providing information, theory, and evidence from research.

Contents: 1. “Who Cares for the Caregiver?”: Professional Quality of Life in Palliative Care -- 2. Family Caregiver Perspective: Navigating the Palliative Care Pathway—How an Email Chronicle Eased the Journey -- 3. Global Perspectives on Palliative Care: Nigerian Context -- 4. Home Palliative Care in the United Kingdom and Europe -- 5. Mapping a New Philosophy of Care: The State and Future of Implementing a Palliative Approach Across Canada -- 6. Global Perspectives of Paediatric Palliative Care in the Home in Aotearoa, New Zealand -- 8. Global Perspectives: Palliative Care Around the World -- 9. Finding Balance Through a Writing Intervention -- 10. Keeping Hope Possible -- 11. Reclaiming Yourself -- 12. Living with Hope Program -- 13. Creativity, Optimism, Planning, and Expert Advise (COPE): A Problem-Solving Intervention for Supporting Cancer Patients and Their Family Caregivers -- 14. Dementia -- 15. Persons with Advanced Heart Failure: A Caregiver-Focused Approach -- 16. Development of a Model to Guide Conversations About Internet Use in Cancer Experiences: Applications for Hospice and Palliative Care -- 17. Long-Term Care -- 18. When Home Is a Prison: Exploring the Complexities of Palliative Care for Incarcerated Persons -- 19. Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care in Canada -- Looking Ahead.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

I'm here to help : a guide for caregivers, hospice workers, and volunteers

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Ray, M. Catherine. --New York, NY: Bantam Books , 1997.

Call Number: WB 310 R263i 1997

Location: Dickson Building

Call Number: WB 310 R263i 1997

Author: Ray, M. Catherine

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Bantam Books

Date of Publication: 1997

Physical Description: 108 p.

ISBN: 0553377973

Subjects (MeSH): Hospice Care - psychology; Terminal Care - psychology; Caregivers - psychology

Format: Book

Location: Dickson Building

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Living lessons about quality of life for the last stages of life : a guide for caregivers

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Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. --[s.l.]: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association , 2002.

Call Number: WB 310 L785 2002

Location: Dickson Building

Call Number: WB 310 L785 2002

Corporate Author: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Place of Publication: [s.l.]

Publisher: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Date of Publication: 2002

Physical Description: 62 p.

Subjects (MeSH): Terminal Care - Popular Works; Caregivers - Popular Works; Hospice Care; Quality of Life

Format: Book

Location: Dickson Building

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Meeting the needs of older adults with serious illness : challenges and opportunities in the age of health care reform

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Amy S. Kelley, Diane E. Meier, editors. --New York: Springer , c2014.

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Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles of palliative care, describes current models of delivering palliative care across care settings, and examines opportunities in the setting of healthcare policy reform for palliative care to improve outcomes for patients, families and healthcare institutions. The United States is currently facing a crisis in health care marked by unsusta…

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Other Authors: Kelley, Amy S.; Meier, Diane E.

Responsibility: Amy S. Kelley, Diane E. Meier, editors

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages)

Series Title: Aging medicine

ISBN: 9781493904075 (electronic bk.); 9781493904068

Subjects (MeSH): Health Care Reform; Health Services for the Aged; Insurance, Health; Palliative Care - economics; Quality of Health Care; United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Subjects (LCSH): Older people - Medical care; Older people - Hospice care; Palliative treatment; Terminal care

Other Subjects: United States

Abstract: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles of palliative care, describes current models of delivering palliative care across care settings, and examines opportunities in the setting of healthcare policy reform for palliative care to improve outcomes for patients, families and healthcare institutions. The United States is currently facing a crisis in health care marked by unsustainable spending and quality that is poor relative to international benchmarks. Yet this is also a critical time of opportunity. Because of its focus on quality of care, the Affordable Care Act is poised to expand access to palliative care services for the sickest, most vulnerable, and therefore most costly, 5% of patients- a small group who nonetheless drive about 50% of all healthcare spending. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness--whatever the diagnosis or stage of illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Research has demonstrated palliative care's positive impact on health care value. Patients (and family caregivers) receiving palliative care experience improved quality of life, better symptom management, lower rates of depression and anxiety, and improved survival. Because patient and family needs are met, crises are prevented, thereby directly reducing need for emergency department and hospital use and their associated costs. An epiphenomenon of better quality of care, the lower costs associated with palliative care have been observed in multiple studies. Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform, a roadmap for effective policy and program design, brings together expert clinicians, researchers and policy leaders, who tackle key areas where real-world policy options to improve access to quality palliative care could have a substantial role in improving value.

Contents: Part I. Current Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness -- 1. When More Is Less: Overuse of Medical Services Harms Patients -- 2. Disparities in Access to Palliative Care -- 3. Family Caregiving and Palliative Care: Aligning Theory, Practice, and Policy -- Part II. Settings for the Care of the Seriously Ill -- 4. This Is Your Life: Achieving a Comprehensive, Person-Centered Model of Care at the Intersection of Policy, Politics, and Private Sector Innovation -- 5. Hospice and Healthcare Reform: What Is the Optimal Path? -- 6. Palliative Care in the Long-Term Care Setting -- Part III. Measuring Quality and Paying for the Care of the Seriously Ill -- 7. Quality and Outcome Measures -- 8. Palliative Care’s Impact on Utilization and Costs: Implications for Health Services Research and Policy -- 9. Long-term Services and Supports: A Necessary Complement to Palliative Care -- 10. The Manifest Destinies of Managed Care and Palliative Care -- Part IV. Platforms for Improvement -- 11. Models of Care Delivery and Coordination: Palliative Care Integration Within Accountable Care Organizations -- 12. Implementing a Care Planning System: How to Fix the Most Pervasive Errors in Health Care -- 13. Igniting Action to Integrate Palliative Care in Our US Health System: The Role of Disease-Specific Advocacy Groups—A Cancer Advocacy Case Study -- 14. What Do You Mean You Don’t Also Offer Palliative Care? Effective Public Engagement to Harness Demand to Improve Care for Serious Illness -- 15. Research Priorities in Palliative Care for Older Adults -- 16. Medical and Nursing Education & Training.

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Location: Online

The moral challenge of Alzheimer disease : ethical issues from diagnosis to dying

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Stephen G. Post. (2nd ed.) --Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , c2000.

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Society today, writes Stephen Post, is 'hypercognitive': it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view—and value—persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised acco…

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Author: Post, Stephen G

Responsibility: Stephen G. Post

Edition: 2nd ed.

Alternate Title: The moral challenge of Alzheimer's disease

Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Date of Publication: c2000

Physical Description: 163 p.

ISBN: 9780801864100

Subjects (MeSH): Alzheimer Disease; Ethics, Clinical; Euthanasia - ethics; Hospice Care - ethics; Terminal Care - ethics

Abstract: Society today, writes Stephen Post, is 'hypercognitive': it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view—and value—persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised account of the major ethical issues relating to dementia care. With chapters organized to follow the progression from mild to severe and then terminal stages of dementia, Post discusses topics including the experience of dementia, family caregiving, genetic testing for Alzheimer disease, quality of life, and assisted suicide and euthanasia. New to this edition are sections dealing with end-of-life issues (especially artificial nutrition and hydration), the emerging cognitive-enhancing drugs, distributive justice, spirituality, and hospice, as well as a critique of rationalistic definitions of personhood. The last chapter is a new summary of practical solutions useful to family members and professionals.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Nursing care at the end of life : palliative care for patients and families

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Joyce V. Zerwekh. --Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Co. , c2006.

Call Number: WY 152 Z58n 2006

Location: Yarmouth Regional Hospital

Call Number: WY 152 Z58n 2006

Author: Zerwekh, Joyce V. (Joyce Valborg)

Responsibility: Joyce V. Zerwekh

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: F.A. Davis Co.

Date of Publication: c2006

Physical Description: xviii, 453 p. : ill.

ISBN: 9780803611283 (pbk.); 0803611285 (pbk.)

Subjects (MeSH): Hospice Care; Nursing Care; Palliative Care; Terminally Ill

Contents: The end of life and end-of-life caregiving -- Hospice and palliative care -- Strategies to stay healthy -- Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team -- Understanding the dying experience -- Connecting and caring presence -- Grief and mourning -- Cross-cultural competency at the end of life -- Ethical issues at the end of life -- Spiritual caring -- Understanding and strengthening families -- Children facing death -- Understanding and anticipating the course of terminal disease -- Comforting and the essentials of pain relief at the end of life -- Medicating for pain at the end of life -- Management of physical nonpain symptoms -- Caring in different settings when death is imminent.