Relocation stress syndrome: the case of palliative care patients Export

@article{citeulike:4238475, abstract = {Transfer of patients from palliative care services to nursing homes is necessary at present when a patient is relatively stable, but does not have adequate support systems at home. With the ageing of the population and the increasing incidence of cancer, the need for inpatient palliative care beds is growing with corresponding pressure for patients to be transferred to nursing homes. Transfer to a nursing home in the general population has been described extensively in the gerontology literature where a critical early phase of relocation has been identified by a high incidence of morbidity and mortality. The vulnerability of terminally ill patients means that they are at increased risk of suffering from stress associated with a transfer. The prognosis of a patient may be shorter than the time required for adjustment to the patient's new home. The issues surrounding transfer of palliative care patients to nursing homes and possible strategies designed to reduce distress associated with transfers are explored. 10.1177/026921639701100603}, author = {Porock, Davina and Martin, Karen and Oldham, Lynn and Underwood, Rod}, citeulike-article-id = {4238475}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026921639701100603}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pmj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/11/6/444}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9519166}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9519166}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/026921639701100603}, journal = {Palliat Med}, keywords = {nhr, palliative, relocationstress}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {444--450}, posted-at = {2009-03-31 02:09:08}, priority = {2}, title = {Relocation stress syndrome: the case of palliative care patients}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026921639701100603}, volume = {11}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4238475 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4238475 N2 - Transfer of patients from palliative care services to nursing homes is necessary at present when a patient is relatively stable, but does not have adequate support systems at home. With the ageing of the population and the increasing incidence of cancer, the need for inpatient palliative care beds is growing with corresponding pressure for patients to be transferred to nursing homes. Transfer to a nursing home in the general population has been described extensively in the gerontology literature where a critical early phase of relocation has been identified by a high incidence of morbidity and mortality. The vulnerability of terminally ill patients means that they are at increased risk of suffering from stress associated with a transfer. The prognosis of a patient may be shorter than the time required for adjustment to the patient's new home. The issues surrounding transfer of palliative care patients to nursing homes and possible strategies designed to reduce distress associated with transfers are explored. 10.1177/026921639701100603 IS - 6 JF - Palliat Med EP - 450 TI - Relocation stress syndrome: the case of palliative care patients VL - 11 SP - 444 KW - nhr KW - palliative KW - relocationstress AU - Porock, Davina AU - Martin, Karen AU - Oldham, Lynn AU - Underwood, Rod PY - 1997/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026921639701100603 ER -