Elderly
Quality End of Life Cancer Care for the Elderly
Project Leads: Paul McIntyre and Eva Grunfeld
Trainees: Elsie Rolls, Monique Lanoix, Christine Beck, Meaghan O'Brien, Jen Jensen Sarbjeet Singh
Objectives: The aim of this research is to improve the quality of care for elderly persons at end of life in continuing care and other community based settings.
Presentations
Christine Beck, 2010 - ICE Work in Progress Session
• Improving End of Life Care in Long Term Care Facilities: Perspectives of Heath Care providers (with audio)
Posters (pdf)
Christine Beck, 2010
• Improving End of Life Care in Long Term Care Facilities: Perspectives of Providers
Publications
Jensen, J.L., Travers, A.H., Bardua, D.J., Dobson, T., Cox, B., McVey, J., Cain, E., Merchant, R., & Carter A.J.E. (2013) Transport outcomes and dispatch determinants in a paramedic long-term care program: a pilot study. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 15(4): 206-13.
Lawson, B., Burge, F., McIntyre, P., Field, S., & Maxwell, D. (2009) Can the introduction of an integrated service model to an existing comprehensive palliative care service impact emergency department visits among enrolled patients? Journal of Palliative Medicine,12(3): 245-52. doi:10.1089/jpm.2008.0217
Lanoix, M. (2009) Palliative care and Parkinson's disease: managing the chronic-palliative interface. Chronic Illness, 5: 46-55. doi:10.1177/1742395309102819
Johnston, G., Gao, J., Lavergne, R., Rheaume, D., Dummer, T., & MacIntyre, M. (2008) Palliative radiotherapy: Associations with age and nursing home residency for adults dying of cancer in Nova Scotia, 2000-2004. Journal of Palliative Care, 24(3): 210.
O'Brien, M. B., Johnston, G., Gao, J., & Dewar, R. (2007) End-of-life care for nursing home residents dying from cancer in Nova Scotia, Canada, 2000-2003. Supportive Care in Cancer, 15(9): 1015-21. *Free PMC article