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Purpose:
Purpose:
Empirical
understanding of predictors for home care service use and death at home
is important for healthcare planning. Few studies have examined these
predictors in the context of the publicly funded Canadian home care
system. This study examined predictors for home care use and home death
in the context of a “gold standard” comprehensive palliative home care
program pilot in Ontario where patients had equal access to home care
services.
"....Care at home in the final weeks of life and an adequately supported home death is a goal expressed by most patients with a terminal illness (Higginson and Sen-Gupta 2000 (excerpt from abstract.......Respondents indicated preferences for home death (range 49%-100%), except one study of patients in the care of a continuing care team in London where only 25%-29% of patients wanted a home death, and inpatient hospice was the most favored option.........Only 2 of the studies provided longitudinal data, and 9 of the 18 had major deficits in design or reporting..........) ;
Teirnan et al. 2002 (Blogger's Note: this study was from Dublin and the abstract does not indicate whether cancer patients were included);
Townsend et al. 1990).
It is also a health system policy imperative (Romanow 2000) (Blogger's Note: no reference/link provided)............."
"....Care at home in the final weeks of life and an adequately supported home death is a goal expressed by most patients with a terminal illness (Higginson and Sen-Gupta 2000 (excerpt from abstract.......Respondents indicated preferences for home death (range 49%-100%), except one study of patients in the care of a continuing care team in London where only 25%-29% of patients wanted a home death, and inpatient hospice was the most favored option.........Only 2 of the studies provided longitudinal data, and 9 of the 18 had major deficits in design or reporting..........) ;
Teirnan et al. 2002 (Blogger's Note: this study was from Dublin and the abstract does not indicate whether cancer patients were included);
Townsend et al. 1990).
It is also a health system policy imperative (Romanow 2000) (Blogger's Note: no reference/link provided)............."
