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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

In the UK, children’s hospices actively encourage a home-like environment through the use of furnishings and the use of rooms as shared living spaces, to try to create a positive welcoming environment to where families can feel they belong (Holdsworth, 2015; Mitchell et al 2016; Dunbar, Carter and Brown, 2019). Holdsworth, L.