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Improving the Quality of Life for Patients with Incurable Diseases at
the Terminal Stage of Illness
Khatereh HadiOctober , 2011
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Readmission
Readmissions usually stem from: - Discontinuity and fragmentation of care - Lack of standards - Disorganized action
20% of hospital discharges are followed by readmission within 30 days…..
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Readmission Outcomes• High readmission rate is considered as low
hospital quality• No reimbursement for readmissions less than
30 days • Increasing costs
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Readmission of patients with incurable diseases
• Patients with incurable diseases are frequently readmitted
• Reasons: - Declining quality of life - No improvement in disease symptoms - Demanding situation for families - Lack of coordination between caregivers
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Who are patients with incurable diseases?
• People with cancer• People with organ failure• Frail older people
Each category has different types of physical decline.
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When do they die?
1. Cancer: Long, high function plateau followed by decline2. Organ failure: Punctuated decline with acute exacerbation3. Frail older people: Slow progressive demise
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Preferred place of death for terminally ill people
Over 50% of them prefer to die at home IF IT IS POSSIBLE…
Less than one third of those succeed in that
Studies are needed to improve the quality of life at home so as to decrease readmission rates
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HospicesAccording to Medicare regulation:You can go to Hospice after discharging from hospital IF life expectancy is 6 months or less
Except for cancers, it is hard to predict the death time.
Only 20% die at Hospices
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Discharge from Hospital
Home
Hospices
ReadmissionLow quality of care and life
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The Sea Inside - A 2004 Film
A real life story - Unable to move for 29 years after a diving accident, spending his life on a bed, decided to commit suicide with dignity.
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Literature on considering home as preferred place for death
• No negative effect on quality of life• Positive influence in terms of - Patients’ satisfaction - Physical and psychological aspects - Reduction in readmission rates
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Home does not improve the quality by itself:
It provides a good opportunity and a convenient place to improve the quality of life by touches that are important at the end of life
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What do terminally ill patients want?
• Support• Independence• Not being a burden• Medical care• Peace
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What are their basic needs?
To move sometimes…
To eat always…
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Medical Care…
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Communication and entertainment…
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Aware HomeInventions in chronic disease management by home technologies
• Facilitating communication• Coordination of activities
between caregivers• Independent life
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Beds as “the home”
What is going on?• Limited activities• Limited motion• Medical care• Different types of
equipment• Basic needs
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Beds• Can we improve the quality of life
by making patients more comfortable?
• Do these patients need a special kind of bed?
• What special features are needed?
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Every person with a incurable illness has a right to good
end-of-life care.