End of life care at A&E for the terminally ill
Singapore – Straits Times
Terminally ill patients are getting the care they need faster at several hospital emergency departments, thanks to new procedures there.
Restoring dignity in end of life care
Malaysia – Asia One
A scarcely mentioned function of an ICU is the care of the dying: to minimise suffering, to restore dignity and to allow natural death to occur when all curative treatment has failed.
Barbados – Nation News
Up until recently, Bajans at home and in the diaspora didn’t focus much attention on hospice and palliative care. But thanks to the efforts of the Barbados Cancer Society in Bridgetown, the Barbados Cancer Association USA in New York and the Barbados Association of Palliative Care this picture has changed.
Task force convened to improve care to millions with heart failure
EAPC blog
Dr David Oliver is the EAPC Board representative and co-chair of a new task force that is a joint project between the European Association for Palliative Care and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society for Cardiology. Here, Dr Oliver gives an update on behalf of the task force following a recent meeting in Basel, Switzerland.
Alert issued over potential contamination of chemotherapy drug
ehospice Ireland
Around 200 cancer patients at 13 public hospitals have been offered medical appointments over fears that their chemotherapy treatment may have been contaminated.
Hospice volunteers honored for outstanding service
ehospice USA
Volunteers are the Foundation of Hospice Awards were presented today at the 16th annual Clinical Team Conference in Grapevine, Texas.
Luke Waddon returns to hospice to offer support to bereaved young people
ehospice UK
Luke Waddon’s father died at the Marie Curie hospice in Penarth in 2008; now Luke offers support to other children and young people affected by bereavement.
ehospice UK
Joanne Mullarkey writes for ehospice about a new initiative which is working to raise awareness of tissue donation as an option for people who want to find something positive in death.
Tea cups tinkle for St Luke’s & Cansa
ehospice South Africa
More than a 100 women were encouraged to continue the fight against cancer when the Melomed Private Hospitals company hosted them at its annual breast cancer awareness fundraiser at the Alhambra Restaurant at Islamia High School last week.
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