The role of geriatric palliative care in hospitalized older adults

Take-Away Points:1. Geriatric palliative care requires integrating the disciplines of hospital medicine and palliative care in pursuit of delivering comprehensive, whole-person care to aging patients with serious illnesses.2. Older adults have unique palliative care needs compared to the general pop...

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Published inHospital practice (1995) Vol. 48; no. sup1; p. 37
Main Authors Santivasi, Wil L, Partain, Daniel K, Whitford, Kevin J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.03.2020
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Cultural Characteristics
Geriatric Assessment
Health Services for the Aged - organization & administration
Hospitalization
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Palliative Care - organization & administration
Palliative Care - psychology
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Religion
hospital Medicine
palliative medicine
Palliative care
hospice care
geriatric assessment
health services for the aged
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Summary:Take-Away Points:1. Geriatric palliative care requires integrating the disciplines of hospital medicine and palliative care in pursuit of delivering comprehensive, whole-person care to aging patients with serious illnesses.2. Older adults have unique palliative care needs compared to the general population, different prevalence and intensity of symptoms, more frequent neuropsychiatric challenges, increased social needs, distinct spiritual, religious, and cultural considerations, and complex medicolegal and ethical issues.3. Hospital-based palliative care interdisciplinary teams can take many forms and provide high-quality, goal-concordant care to older adults and their families.
ISSN:2154-8331