Hospice Companion Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Assessment and Care of Common Problems During the Last Phase of Life

Name: Hospice Companion Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Assessment and Care of Common Problems During the Last Phase of Life
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ISBN: 9780199840793

ISBN-10: 0199840792

ISBN-13: 9780199840793

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Perry Fine, Matthew Kestenbaum

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More than ever it is incumbent upon those who provide care to those with life-limiting illnesses to be keenly aware of both the extent and the limits of technological advances that can add either great burden or great benefit to seriously ill patients and their families. The Hospice Companion has been created to operationalize the mission and values of modern-day hospice through the individual and combined efforts of our most valuable asset, the hospice professional.The Hospice Companion is intended as a guide through which some mastery of the seemingly complex, challenging, and oftentimes chaotic world of advanced disease may be derived. Use of this "tool" to direct processes of care…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Contributors



General Processes


Palliative Care at the End of Life: Blending Structure and Function


The Interdisciplinary Team (IDT)


Documentation



Personal, Social, and Environmental Processes


Abuse in the Home


Advance Care Planning and Directives for Health-care Interventions


Changes in Body Image and Loss of Independence


Changes in Family Dynamics


Completing Worldly Business and Life Closure


Controlled Substances: Misuse and Abuse


Cultural Differences: Respect, Understanding, and Adapting Care


Denial


Grief Reactions


Living Environment, Finances, and Support Systems


Basic Home Safety


Suicide: Risk, Prevention, and Coping If It Happens



Clinical Processes and Symptom Management


Air Hunger (Dyspnea)


Agitation and Anxiety


Anorexia and Cachexia


Belching and Burping (Eructation)


Bleeding, Oozing, and Malodorous Lesions


Confusion/Delirium


Constipation


Coughing


Depression


Diarrhea and Anorectal Problems


Dysphagia and Oropharyngeal Problems


Edema: Peripheral Edema, Ascites, and Lymphedema


Fatigue, Weakness (Aesthenia), and Excessive Sedation


Fever and Diaphoresis


Hiccups


Imminent Death


Insomnia and Nocturnal Restlessness


Nausea and Vomiting


Pain


Pruritus


Seizures


Skeletal Muscle and Bladder Spasms


Skin Breakdown: Prevention and Treatment


Urinary Problems


Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)



Appendices



Palliative Radiation Therapy in End-of-Life Care: Evidence-Based Utilization



Principles of Pharmacotherapy



Ketamine Protocol



Clinical/Functional Assessment and Staging


Index