Tuesday, 11 July 2017

“Unexpected and distressing": understanding and improving the experience of transferring palliative care inpatients to residential care.

Journal of Social Work in End-of-life & Palliative Care 2017, June 1, pp1-12
Voula Kallianis, Lynette Joubert, Sue Gorman, Sonia Posenelli, Carolyn Lethborg

The authors researched the effects on patients, families and the multidisciplinary healthcare team of transition from a specialist palliative care facility to residential care, identified the barriers relating to the move and highlighted opportunities to improve clinical practice in this area.