Combining Best Practices and Patient, Caregiver, and Healthcare Provider Perspectives for Late-Life Supportive Care: LifeCourse

J Nurs Adm. 2017 Nov;47(11):551-557. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000542.

Abstract

Healthcare systems seek effective ways to support and treat the growing number of individuals living with serious illness. The nature of these care episodes challenges delivery systems to attain proficiency in dealing with the multiplicity of chronic conditions in individuals and populations through understanding and attending to patients' medical and nonmedical aspects of health. This article describes LifeCourse, a healthcare approach that provides palliative care practices to patients with serious illness years prior to death.

MeSH terms

  • Caregivers / psychology*
  • Caregivers / standards
  • Holistic Health / standards*
  • Holistic Health / trends
  • Humans
  • Multiple Chronic Conditions / therapy*
  • Palliative Care / standards*
  • Palliative Care / trends
  • Patient Preference
  • Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration
  • Patient-Centered Care / standards*
  • Patient-Centered Care / trends
  • Professional-Family Relations
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Quality of Life*
  • Social Support