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Palliative Care for Heart Failure
Tiffani Schmitz RN, BSN, MSMMarie Cunningham BSM
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Objectives
1. Describe the admission history and pattern of patients with end stage heart disease in the last twelve months of life as identified by research results.
2. Identify an evidence based, quantifiable measure to determine the most appropriate time to refer to palliative care or hospice care.
3. Describe key palliative interventions for patients with end stage heart disease.
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Industry Trends
Number of deaths from chronic Number of deaths from chronic illness is approximately 70% illness is approximately 70%
NHPCO estimates nearly 41.6% NHPCO estimates nearly 41.6% of all deaths in the US were under of all deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program *the care of a hospice program *
*NHPCO Data 2009
2,450,0002,450,000US DeathsUS Deaths
1,020,000 1,020,000 Hospice Hospice DeathsDeaths41.6%41.6%
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US Causes of Death
2010 CDC
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Percentage of Hospice Admissions by Primary Diagnosis
2010 NHPCO Facts and Figures on Hospice Care
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Important Needs Going Unmet
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Late Referrals Undermine Hospice Value
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The 2010 HF Society of America Comprehensive HF Practice Guidelines
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Challenges in Determining “End of Life”
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Challenges in determining “End of Life”
BMJ 2000; 320: 469-473
Would I be surprised if my patient died within
the next twelve months?
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Prognosis Stays Uncertain Through Most of the Last Part of Life
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The Research
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Key Outcome
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Financial Implications
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Average Number of Admissions
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Mean Admissions for Heart Patients
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Cost of Readmission within 30 Days
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Healthcare Reform Act
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Why Focus on End Stage Heart Disease?
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Trend of the HF patient
Orientation•Status quo•Symptom exacerbation•In and out of acute care•With every admission may hit ‘new normal’ but maintaining at a new low•Disease is the focus
New Orientation•New normal•Most are not ready for “newness”•Creating moments of joy; healing happens and may be seen as a gift and a surprise• Promote openness and understanding•Disease is in the background
Disorientation•Bad news-chaos•No language •Unfamiliar territory•Too difficult, too hard, too scary, too visceral
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Comparing Hospice and Nonhospice Patient Survival
81 Days
39 Days
21 Days
Hospice care resulted in an average increase of life by 29 days.
Retrospective statistical analysis of 4493 patients from 5% of Medicare patients from 1998-2002
Connor SR et al. JPSM 2007; 33:238-46
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What does 81 days mean to your patients?
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End of Life ConversationsConversations Alone Have Positive Impact
Advance cancer patients who had EOL discussions showed 35.7% in lower costs than those with no EOL discussions
• Those who discussed EOL showed: 1 Higher tendency to want to know life
expectancy 2 Acknowledgement of terminal illness 3 Less likely to favor futile care over
comfort 4 Preference to avoid dying in the ICU 5 Higher likelihood to receive outpatient
hospice care and earlier referral
Source: Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life: Associations with EOL Conversations, Arch Inter Med 2009
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Rate of Readmission for Heart Failure Patients Within 30 Days
Medicare data on patient discharged between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2009. Hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
HOC data from Jan 2011 though October 2011
Number of Patients 584 103 403319
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Pathways for End Stage Heart Disease
Effectively manage symptoms and avoid hospital re-admissions Nursing visits Cardiac medications Focus on patient and caregivers 24/7 Support Team Meet all levels of care
Implement a plan of care to create a positive and meaningful end of life experience
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Nursing Visits
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Medications
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Caregiver Focus
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24/7 Availability
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End of Life Program Yields Dramatic Improvement in Hospice Referrals and Hospital Admissions
Source: Advisory Board, Franciscan Health System, Tacoma, Wash
Goal: To identify patients early in the process so that referral
to appropriate care and related community
resources occurs in a
timely fashion.
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Meet all levels of care
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Palliative Care Saves Money and Improves End of Life Experience
1 Increasing Satisfaction with Care and Lower Costs: Results of a Randomized Trial of In-Home Palliative CareJAGS, The American Geriatrics Society, 2007
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Help patients understand their options
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Create a plan for your patients
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