Purpose Malnutrition severely impacts tolerance to anticancer therapies, but any relationship with overall survival (OS) at the time of solid tumour diagnosis in outpatients in the USA remains unclear ...

Objectives To examine changes in home healthcare service patterns in Japan during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to assess the impact of the reclassification of COVID-19 as a category 5 ...

Hip fractures pose significant challenges, particularly in managing severe incident pain in people who are not fit for surgery. We present the case of an older man with multiple comorbidities who was ...

Objective Accurate forecasting the life expectancy of patients with cancer is adamantly needed for adequate decision-making in the Palliative Care Services (PCS) context. Nonetheless, physician ...

Background Palliative care is gaining global attention and is endorsed in high level policy commitments,but progress towards universal palliative care coverage is constrained in many countries. The ...

Correspondence to Dr Christine Miaskowski, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; chris.miaskowski{at}nursing.ucsf.edu Objectives Improved understanding of the stability ...

Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability that can lower physical and mental ability and increase the risk of disability, hospitalisation, and admission to residential care (Clegg, Young, Iliffe, ...

Objective Cachexia and nutritional problems play a major role in palliative care. Artificial nutrition such as parenteral nutrition is common but its role and indications in terminal patients remain ...

Background Antimicrobial stewardship is a global health issue. Antibiotic resistance is the subject of a 2024–2029 UK government national action plan (Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health ...

Correspondence to Dr Margred Capel, George Thomas Hospice Care, Ty George Thomas, Whitchurch hospital Grounds, Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 7BQ, UK; Margred.capel{at}gthc.org.uk Objectives The ...

Background Our St Columba’s Hospice Care Compassionate Neighbours volunteers (CNs) support people with a life-limiting condition who are lonely and socially isolated, bringing companionship, joy, and ...

2 Ulster University, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Belfast, UK 3 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast, UK 4 Ulster University, Institute ...