Nursing homes ‘can’t escape’ need for increased palliative care access: researchers

Nursing homes ‘can’t escape’ need for increased palliative care access: researchers
McKnights Long-Term Care News; by Josh Henreckson; 7/17/24 
Nursing home residents could greatly benefit from expanded access to palliative care, but providers need more access to standardized tools, staff education and relationships with clinicians to make informed decisions about care, specialists say. ... Several key “themes” could be the foundation for a more formalized method of identifying palliative care needs for nursing home patients, researchers found. They included factors such as patients with uncontrolled symptoms and otherwise serious illnesses, as well as patients with indicators of significant decline such as frequent rehospitalizations.