Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jan 2021
Art Therapy in a Palliative Care Unit: Symptom Relief and Perceived Helpfulness in Patients and Their Relatives.
Creative arts therapies aim to expand conventional palliative care interventions by making clinical care more holistic. ⋯ This art therapy intervention was beneficial in reducing symptom intensity. Almost all the participants directly or indirectly involved in the creative art process considered it helpful. They reported a wide variety of sensory, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual experiences.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jan 2021
Experience as an Informal Caregiver and Discussions Regarding Advance Care Planning in Japan.
Advance care planning (ACP) is vital for end-of-life care management. Experiences as informal family caregivers might act as a catalyst to promote ACP. ⋯ Experiences as informal caregivers for family members may facilitate ACP discussions among Japanese adults, especially younger adults with higher educational attainment. Our findings may help health-care providers screen those at risk for inadequate ACP discussions, and informal caregiving experience should be considered when health-care providers initiate discussions of end-of-life care.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jan 2021
Development of a Novel Communication Liaison Program to Support COVID-19 Patients and their Families.
In the spring of 2020, our hospital faced a surge of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients, with intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy peaking at 204% of the baseline maximum capacity. In anticipation of this surge, we developed a remote communication liaison program to help the ICU and palliative care teams support families of critically ill patients. ⋯ We report here the primary elements needed to reproduce and scale this program in other hospitals facing similar ICU surges, including a checklist for replication (Appendix I). Keys to success include strong logistical support, clinical reference material designed for rapid evolution, and a liaison team structure with peer coaching.
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