Background: Nurses and nursing care providers provide the most direct care to patients at
end of life. Yet, evidence indicates that many feel ill-prepared for the complexity of palliative …

Hospice aides are integral to the delivery of home hospice care and play an essential role in
the effective communication and collaboration of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Despite …

Nursing home residents with advanced dementia experience significant symptom burden
and may be unable to articulate their needs. Observational tools, such as the Pain …

Direct care workers (DCWs) provide personal care, emotional support, and companionship,
helping older adults maintain quality lives. DCWs earn low wages, have little training, and …

Background: This paper investigates the palliative care competencies (knowledge,
behaviours, attitudes) and education needs of nurses and healthcare assistants (HCAs) who …

Improving Long-Term Care Residents’ Outcomes by Educating Nu... : Journal of Hospice &
Palliative Nursing Improving Long-Term Care Residents’ Outcomes by Educating Nursing Staff …

Direct Care Workers (DCW) provide both personal care to patients and emotional support to
patients and caregivers in hospice and palliative care. DCWs often develop close ties and …

Background Quality of dying and death receive far less attention than quality of life.
Measuring the quality of care at end-of-life (EOL) in long-term care (LTC) is essential, to …

Examining Effects of COMFORTTM SM Communication Training on Willingness to Initiate
Communication among Community-based Homecare Page 1 i EFFECTS OF COMFORTTM SM …

This study assessed the impact of a nursing assistant-led functional intervention in an urban
hospice. Thirty-three patients participated. A physical therapist trained 4 nursing assistants …