Heart failure in the elderly: diastolic heart failure, medical therapy, women and end-of-life care

Aging Health ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-437
Author(s):  
Pavittarpaul Dhesi ◽  
Robert D Willix ◽  
Anita Phan ◽  
Faramarz Tehrani ◽  
Daniel Daneshvar ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Medical Therapy ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Diastolic Heart Failure ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Life Care

scholarly journals Management of Heart Failure in Patients Nearing the End of Life–There is So Much More To Do

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Lisa LeMond ◽  
Sarah J Goodlin ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Medical Therapy ◽  
Symptom Management ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Additive Process ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure

As the population of patients living with heart failure increases, the number of patients who will die with and from heart failure increases as well. End-of-life care in patients with heart failure is an additive process, whereby therapies to treat symptoms not alleviated by guideline-based medical therapy are integrated into the care of these individuals. This review focuses on providing clinicians with a basic framework for administration of end-of-life care in patients with heart failure, specifically focusing on decision-making, symptom management and functional management.

scholarly journals Life-and-Death Attitude and Its Formation Process and End-of-Life Care Expectations Among the Elderly Under Traditional Chinese Culture: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962110214
Author(s):  
Lei Lei ◽  
Quanxi Gan ◽  
Chunyan Gu ◽  
Jing Tan ◽  
Yu Luo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Individual

Introduction With the global aging process intensified, the demand for end-of-life care has surged, especially in China. However, its development is restricted. Understanding the life and death attitude among the elderly and its formation process, and clarifying their needs, are so important to promote social popularization of end-of-life care. Methodology This qualitative study included 20 elderly residents in Nan and Shuangbei Communities, Chongqing City, People’s Republic of China. Data were collected through semistructured in-depth individual interviews and processed by thematic analysis method. Results Three themes and eight subthemes were identified: Characteristics of formation process (passive thinking, closed and single), life-and-death attitude (cherish and enjoy life, quality of life priority, let death take its course) and expectations of end-of-life care (preferences, basic needs, good death). Discussion Life-and-death attitude and end-of-life care expectations of the elderly support the development and delivery of end-of-life care. Furthermore, the individual-family-hospital linkage discussion channel needs to be further explored.

Heart failure: support at the end of life

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 653-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysha Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
British Journal ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care

Aysha Mendes, Editor, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, begins a series on cardiology with a look at attitudes to and guidelines on providing end-of-life care for people with heart failure

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