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Showing 1 to 20 of 191 for “"Hospice"”.
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Children's Hospice Care
… time in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, hospices, and care homes. Unfortunately, in many cases, these facilities do not pay much attention to emotional and spiritual needs of their patients and are mostly designed around their own institutional and technological needs. In that regard, …
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Hospice Cancer Patients' and Hospice Nurses' Reported Barriers to Management of Pain
One of the goals of hospice is to provide management of cancer pain. In order to achieve the above goal, barriers to pain management must be recognized and overcome. Barriers to pain management include fatalism, fear of addiction, fear of side effects from analgesics, fear of the disease …
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The experiences of hospice patients and the music therapy clinician in hospice care
… phenomenological inquiry into the experiences of hospice patients and music therapy clinician in end of life care. Three total participants were included in this study, two hospice patients and the music therapy clinician. Interventions included singing familiar songs, music for relaxation and …
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Individual Art Therapy with Hospice Clients and Their Loved Ones in a Hospital Hospice Program
… stress. To address these needs, the Zen Hospice Project has chosen to provide individual art therapy services on both a long term basis and as crisis intervention. Art therapy facilitates the expression of thoughts, feelings and fears associated with grief. The creative process of art …
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HOSPICE PATIENT'S PERCEPTION OF FAMILY SUPPORT
… and quantitative study focused on exploring hospice patient’s perceptions of family support. Family support was conceptualized as which family member they expect to receive support from, types of support provided, frequency of support, family communication about medical illness, and type of …
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An analysis of hospice care in Indiana
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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BELIEFS ABOUT HOSPICE CARE AMONG HELPING PROFESSIONALS
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Centered on interviews with 13 hospice care professionals from two large hospice organizations in Southern California, this thesis project examines the challenges that arise in hospice work. Hospice’s delivery of end-of-life care is becoming even more significant as the …
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HISPANICS' UNDER-UTILIZATION OF HOSPICE CARE SERVICES
… was to learn about Hispanics’ utilization of hospice care and to increase knowledge about under-utilization of hospice services by the Hispanic community. Research in hospice services indicates that the Hispanic community underutilizes end-of-life resources when compared to their majority …
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Immigrant Views of Hospice and Posthumous Repatriation
… and benefiting from end-of-life services such as hospice. A quantitative research method was utilized. The use of a quantitative research method allowed for an expansive look into the use of posthumous repatriation and its effect on hospice use by immigrants. Data were obtained from multiple …
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Passages : a hospice for New York City
… It is into this environment that the concept of hospice care has emerged as an alternative way of thinking about death and dying, a reaction to the existing biomedical model of care. Hospice has put a humane focus on dying by creating a setting where pain is managed allowing the patient to move …
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Place, Bound By A Circle A Hospice
… and physical act. For the terminally ill, the hospice is a viable alternative to dying in a hospital. The Hospice can accommodate death being faced intimately amidst loves ones. This emerging institution places new and unique demands upon architecture. Solitude and fellowship have significant …
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The charity hospice: a theory of governance processes
… study considers the processes by which a charity hospice reconciles internal, external and governmental tensions in the provision of public healthcare services. Thus the focus is on change, decision-making and relationships with public sector partners. The study is practice-based utilising a …
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LIFE STYLE ANALYSIS OF HOSPICE HOME CARE NURSES
… of one segment of that corps--the hospice home care nurse. The subjects used in this study represent the population of nurses (N = 6) who provide the care within the framework of the home care program of Hillhaven Hospice of Tucson. A structured interview was held by the researcher …
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Urban Hospice: A Montage of Expiration and Memory
Architecture is visuality. Its object is what Norman Bryson has referred to as a screen of signs. "Between subject and the world is inserted the entire sum of discourses which make up visuality, that cultural construct, and make visuality different from vision, the notion of unmediated visual …
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Motivating Factors of Volunteers Serving Medicare Certified Hospice Programs
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A Community Wide Study Of The Hospice Referral Process
… the decision making process when seeking hospice care. The objectives were to identify the decision maker for the patient when seeking hospice care, why they were seeking hospice care, who initiated the referral, if the decision maker was aware they can self refer to hospice care, and the …
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Proactive Prescribing Enhancing Hospice Care Through Anticipatory Pharmacy Practices
… pamphlet as a teaching tool. Background: Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life for individuals with terminal illnesses. However, inadequate symptom management, caregiver burden, and frequent hospitalizations remain persistent barriers to effective hospice delivery (Virdun et …
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