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Palliative Care News Monitoring

  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Woman in 90s who doctors say needs palliative care cannot be removed from hospital, court rules

    The High Court has made orders preventing an elderly and very ill woman being removed from the hospital in which she is a patient. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is in her 90s and her doctors say that the best thing to do for her is …

    Source: Breaking News from Ireland
  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Avera grant to help palliative care in Northern Plains American Indians

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – Walking Forward, along with a team of collaborators, announce a generous five-year grant of $3 million from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, for a two-phase study to advance …

    Source: KSDN
  • Published on Aug 15, 2019

    Zain organizes social visit to Palliative Care Center

    Zain and Palliative Care Center teams during the visit. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, organized a social visit to the Palliative Care Center in Al Sabah Medical Area. The company’s team shared the joys of Eid Al-Adha with …

    Source: Kuwait Times
  • Published on Aug 15, 2019

    Optimist Club introduces Brittney DeFrates, RN of Compassus Hospice and Palliative Care

    Thursday Aug 15, 2019 at 8:00 AM Hospice employees and volunteers offer healthcare and relief to patients and care givers, when condition appears to be terminal. Compassus patients receive 1-to-1 care from a TEAM including a doctor, nurse, aide, social …

    Source: Lake Sun
  • Published on Aug 14, 2019

    Church leaders urge more resourcing to aged care and palliative care at public hearings across state

    Aged care caution: Queensland parliament told it needs to add another $200 million for palliative care. A DIRE lack of palliative care services is one of the key issues Queensland Parliament’s aged-care inquiry has heard at public hearings across the state …

    Source: Catholic Leader
  • Published on 10:51 GMT

    Know Your Madisonian: Singing nurse meets patients where they are emotionally

    Bridget Ravis grew up in Richland Center, where she spent her summers performing musical theater with the Community Players of Southwest Wisconsin. Now the 26-year-old UW Hospital nurse finds herself singing to patients if she discovers they share her …

    Source: www.madison.com
  • Published on 10:23 GMT

    Pyjama party set for moonlight walk

    FUNDRAISERS are being invited to put on their pyjamas in a bid to raise money. The annual St Michael’s Hospice Moonlight Walk returns to the town on October 12, and this year it will be one big sleepover. This year’s event, which sees fundraisers set off …

    Source: Andover Advertiser
  • Published on 04:25 GMT

    Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act

    On Aug. 1, 2019, the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act came into effect in New Jersey. This new law allows New Jersey residents, who are 18 or older and considered mentally competent, to ask for and receive assistance from doctors to end …

    Source: Catholic Star Herald
  • Published on Aug 12, 2019

    New Measure Aims to Strengthen Patient Access to Palliative Care in NJ

    New Jersey officials have three months to establish a statewide program to boost understanding of and participation in palliative and hospice care services. Under a new law, the officials will be expected to achieve that by working with stakeholders and an …

    Source: NJ Spotlight
  • Published on 02:18 GMT

    Judge orders woman (90s) must be kept in hospital

    0 Comments Judge orders woman (90s) must be kept in hospital Independent.ie A judge has made orders preventing an elderly and very ill woman being removed from the hospital where she is a patient, despite a daughter's wishes. https://www. …

    Source: Irish Independent
  • Published on 02:16 GMT

    Bengaluru gets first of its kind geriatric care centre

    By Express News Service BENGALURU: People Tree Hospitals launched first of its kind Integrated Geriatric Care Services (Sweet 60+) on Friday. The specialties under the service include Parkinson’s care, ortho geriatrics, psychogeriatrics, physiotherapy, …

    Source: The New Indian Express
  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Canadian man receives assisted death after funding cut for in-home care

    Vancouver, Canada, Aug 16, 2019 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- The family of a Canadian man who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is urging the country’s government to change the way it treats patients with the disease after he received a “ …

    Source: CNA
  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Nursing home residents with advanced dementia often face 'distressing' transfers, MDs find

    If everyone was more aware of dementia, it could improve comfort in a loved one's dying days, say Canadian geriatricians who found distressing medical procedures were common among nursing home residents, especially men. The geriatric researchers …

    Source: CBC
  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Nursing home study finds men with advanced dementia more likely to be hospitalized

    TORONTO — Researchers say they've discovered profound gender differences in the way Ontario nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive care in their final days — findings they say highlight a stark divide in the way men and women receive …

    Source: National Newswatch
  • Published on Aug 8, 2019

    Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

    Striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in the use of palliative care by hospitalized patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. The findings were published today in …

    Source: News-Medical.net
  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Study finds men with advanced dementia more likely to be hospitalized

    TORONTO - A study of nursing home residents with advanced dementia found that men were more likely to be hospitalized, physically restrained and receive invasive treatment than women in the last 30 days of life. The study was conducted by Ontario non- …

    Source: Brandon Sun
  • Published on Aug 6, 2019

    Discussing death: A palliative care specialist on the importance of talking about priorities

    A pervasive myth in medicine is that doctors shouldn't talk about death with their patients. But Stephanie Harman, MD, knows better. During her first week of medical school, Harman learned her father-in-law had stage 4 lung cancer. "That was my …

    Source: Scope - medical blog
  • Published on Aug 6, 2019

    Why has this hospital closed its palliative care ward?

    THE palliative care ward at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Lismore remains closed after it was shut down on July 28. St Vincent's Hospital chief executive officer, Steve Brierley, confirmed the measure was only temporary. "Palliative care is …

    Source: Northern Star
  • Published on Aug 16, 2019

    Woman who used cannabis to treat MS dies

    Vicky Clarke, who was reported to police twice after turning to the Class B drug having battled multiple sclerosis for more than a decade, died at Walsall Manor Hospital on Sunday. And now Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has said he will continue to …

    Source: Express and Star
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2nd Annual Hemophilia Drug Development Summit

Date: 20-Aug-19 to 22-Aug-19
Location: Boston / United States
Given the excitement and anticipation of increasingly more promising prophylactic treatments and gene therapies, the 2nd Annual Hemophilia Drug Development Summit, once again unites leading pharma, biotech and academic KOLs working to translate and clinically develop longer acting and more efficacious therapies to overcome significant unmet medical need and hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Fuelled by current investment in the space and novel therapeutic strategies to improve current standard of care, the development of hemophilia therapeutics has been reinvigorated. Touted as an area of large unmet medical need but a well understood and defined disease profile, investment in this space is set to grow. Join speakers from key companies such as Spark Therapeutics, BioMarin, Bayer, ...

The 19th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP)

Date: 21-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
Location: Lisbon / Portugal
Psychiatry and mental health narratives have changed extensively over the last centuries. Today, treatment and recovery of mental disorders go hand-in-hand with promotion and prevention and there is an increased interest in rehabilitation and psycho-social interventions. Yet this has not always been the case – these fields of research and intervention have had intricate connections, running in parallel or in confluence, and also sometimes in conflict. Join us in Lisbon, Portugal 21-24 August 2019 to examine crucial issues in psychiatry and mental health, and to hear from leaders on the current scientific and technological revolution in psychiatry. The congress overall theme is: Psychiatry and Mental Health: Global Inspirations, Locally Relevant Action. See you in Lisbon, 21-24 August, ...

Oncology Update 2019 CME Conference - Orange County

Date: 24-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
Scripps MD Anderson’s Cancer Center's 2019 Oncology Update is a one-day conference designed to offer clinicians and advanced practice providers a comprehensive overview of the most recent advances in the treatment of various oncologic malignancies. During this comprehensive educational course, clinical experts in the fields of hematology and oncology will provide an overview of key findings from practice changing studies and the latest clinical data as presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Esteemed faculty will review exciting and important abstracts presented at the ASCO meeting and discuss their relevance to the clinical oncology practice.

Hepatitis B&C CME Training Program and Treatment Update -Newport Beach

Date: 24-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
The Scripps National Hepatitis B & C Training Program and Treatment Update will contribute towards increasing the number of health care practitioners educated on the prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis, as well as those properly preventing, diagnosing, treating, and/or referring patients with chronic illness; therefore contributing towards prevention of new cases and improved management of already infected patients.

Hepatitis B&C CME Training Program and Treatment Update -New Orleans

Date: 24-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
The Scripps National Hepatitis B & C Training Program and Treatment Update will contribute towards increasing the number of health care practitioners educated on the prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis, as well as those properly preventing, diagnosing, treating, and/or referring patients with chronic illness; therefore contributing towards prevention of new cases and improved management of already infected patients.

3rd Annual IPF Summit

Date: 27-Aug-19 to 29-Aug-19
Location: San Diego / United States
The World’s Largest Gathering of IPF Drug The IPF Summit focuses exclusively on closing the translational gap between preclinical predictability and clinical attrition to accelerate the development of truly curative idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) therapeutics. Download the full event guide - https://ter.li/talfx6 With the 2019 conference expanding upon an even greater breadth and depth of content, you’ll hear three days of unrivalled scientifically driven and case-study based analysis and discussion, as together leading academia and biopharma advance the IPF drug development frontier. Last year, over 90 of IPF’s expert drug developers came together to advance the standardisation of imaging, share clinical insights, and evaluate better recapitulating disease physiology ...

New Data from IAS* 2019 - Free CME/CE/CPE Workshop, August 27

Date: 27-Aug-19 to 27-Aug-19
Location: Chicago / United States
Complimentary CME/CE/CPE-Certified Workshop - Join Roger Bedimo, MD, and Joseph Eron Jr., MD, for a conference review workshop to discuss and debate the implications of new HIV studies presented at IASI 2019 for your patient care strategies, through data presentations and case studies. Capacity is limited for this event—secure your seat by registering now!

New Data from IAS 2019 - Free CME/CE/CPE Workshop, August 27

Date: 27-Aug-19 to 27-Aug-19
Location: New York / United States
Complimentary CME/CE/CPE-Certified Workshop - Join Eric S. Daar, MD, and David Hardy, MD, for a conference review workshop to discuss and debate the implications of new HIV studies presented at IASI 2019 for your patient care strategies, through data presentations and case studies. Capacity is limited for this event—secure your seat by registering now!

New Data from IAS 2019 - Free CME/CE/CPE Workshop, August 28

Date: 28-Aug-19 to 29-Aug-19
Complimentary CME/CE/CPE-Certified Workshop - Join Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, and Daniel Kuritzkes, MD, for a conference review workshop to discuss and debate the implications of new HIV studies presented at IASI 2019 for your patient care strategies, through data presentations and case studies. Capacity is limited for this event—secure your seat by registering now!
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