Dignity Therapy Implementation in a Community-Based Hospice Setting

Implementation of a massage therapy program in the home hospice setting.

Introduction As a complementary therapy, massage provides a cost-effective therapeutic tool with low risk if appropriately administered.1 A growing body of research indicates that massage can be an effective therapeutic tool for pain relief and symptom management. For example, a recent study reports the results for a large group of patients with cancer who received massage therapy for pain and ...

A Preliminary Model of Dignity Management in Hospice

A Community Approach to Palliative Care: Embracing Indigenous Concepts and Practices in a Hospice Setting

This article documents a community approach to palliative care that took place in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand in 2010. It is based on a case study of a 24-yearold woman of Māori and Samoan heritage. While the hospice organization that coordinated the care under discussion ordinarily engages a wide range of social work, medical, nursing, and family services, in this case a broader and partici...

Death, Dignity, and the Significance of Home Hospice Care.

Delivering intravenous therapy in the community setting

NURSING STANDARD THE PRACTICE of administering intravenous (IV) antimicrobial therapy in the home has grown rapidly since it was first described in 1974 by Rucker and Harrison. Kayley (2003a) stated that there is: ‘an increasing demand for acute hospital beds, lengthening waiting lists and pressure from patients; it is therefore a natural development for some IV therapies to take place outside ...