Hospice News July 24, 2024
Palliative care is grossly underutilized in nursing home settings, but providers can develop new tools that could bring those services to more residents, a recent study has found.
A range of barriers contribute to the under-utilization of palliative care in nursing home settings, including poorly defined referral criteria and a general lack of awareness and understanding of what palliative care is and does, the study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicated.
Greater access to palliative care is essential in the nursing home environment, according to study co-author Dr. Kathleen Unroe with the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute.
“It’s inherent in the nature of the people we serve in the nursing home...
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