6 Result(s)
within
Hsien Seow
Palliative Medicine
-
Article
Open AccessImplementing palliative care education into primary care practice: a qualitative case study of the CAPACITI pilot program
CAPACITI is a virtual education program that teaches primary care teams how to provide an early palliative approach to care. After piloting its implementation, we conducted an in-depth qualitative study with C...
-
Article
Open AccessIncreasing palliative care capacity in primary care: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the CAPACITI training program
Primary care providers play a critical role in providing early palliative care to their patients. Despite the availability of clinical education on best practices in palliative care, primary care providers oft...
-
Article
Open AccessPotential quality indicators for seriously ill home care clients: a cross-sectional analysis using Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) data for Ontario
Currently, there are no formalized measures for the quality of home based palliative care in Ontario. This study developed a set of potential quality indicators for seriously ill home care clients using a stan...
-
Article
Open AccessBenchmarking time to initiation of end-of-life homecare nursing: a population-based cancer cohort study in regions across Canada
Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of early initiation of end-of-life care, particularly homecare nursing services. However, there is little research on variations in the timing of when end-of-life...
-
Article
Open AccessValidation of a modified VOICES survey to measure end-of-life care quality: the CaregiverVoice survey
Measuring the care experience at end-of-life (EOL) to inform quality improvement is a priority in many countries. We validated the CaregiverVoice survey, a modified version of the VOICES questionnaire, complet...
-
Article
Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors of depressive symptoms in a Canadian palliative home care population: a cross-sectional study
Depression in palliative care patients is important because of its intrinsic burden and association with elevated physical symptoms, reduced immunity and increased mortality risk. Identifying risk factors asso...
