[Home medical care from our hospital].
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho
; 26 Suppl 2: 277-9, 1999 Dec.
Article
in Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10630232
ABSTRACT
From April, 1996 to March, 1999, our hospital provided home medical care on a 24-hour basis for fifty patients with advanced or terminal cancer. Eventually, twenty-four patients died at home and twenty-six in the hospital. Stability of health status, the presence of willing and able caregivers, as well as a greater number of house-calls are suggested factors in facilitating a death at home. However, the patients who died in the hospital were obliged to readmit themselves until the time of death due to caregivers' reasons such as fatigue, emotional stress and/or health problems. In addition to timely availability and accessibility of respite care, psychosocial support for family caregivers by liaison nurses remains an issue to be solved in future.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Terminal Care
/
Home Care Services, Hospital-Based
/
Neoplasms
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Ja
Journal:
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article