BMC
palliative care, Jan 2015, vol. 14, p. 22
Knighting,
Katherine, O'Brien, Mary R, Roe, Brenda, Gandy, Rob, Lloyd-Williams, Mari,
Nolan, Mike, Jack, Barbara A
The aim of the study was to explore what
professionals and carers of patients with cancer and advanced progressive
illness, in their last year of life, find burdensome and to develop an alert
system for use by non-specialist staff to help avoid crisis situations for the carer and
avoidable hospital admissions. The resultant CAT is an evidence-based alert
thermometer consisting of 10 questions, guidance on the possible actions for
each alert and space for an action plan to be jointly agreed by the assessor
and carer.
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