A model long-term care hospice unit: care, community, and compassion

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Article

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influenced the quality of care of terminally ill nursing home residents on a hospice unit in a city and county long-term care facility. The findings disclosed that the hospice team had created a cultural environment in which care, community, and compassion were the predominant components of their philosophy of palliative care. Communication at all levels-among staff, family, friends, and residents-was found to be a core hospice value, essential to community development. The results of this study illustrate that exemplary palliative care can be provided when an interdisciplinary team is dedicated to creating an environment where the principles of palliative care can be fully implemented. The authors conclude that there is a developing role for geriatric nurses to participate in further defining and providing palliative care for older people in their homes, hospitals, nursing homes, and residential care.

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Publication Title

Geriatric Nursing

Published Citation

Kayser-Jones, J., Chan, J., & Kris, A. (2005). A model long-term care hospice unit: care, community, and compassion. Geriatric Nursing, 26(1), 64. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2004.11.001.

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10.1016/j.gerinurse.2004.11.001

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