Accomplishing quality of life in end-stage heart failure: a hospice multidisciplinary approach.
The literature addresses using multidisciplinary teams to manage outpatient heart failure patients to reduce hospital readmission rates, increase functional capacity, and improve quality of life. This article shows how a multidisciplinary team can be used for these same patients in a hospice home care program.
Coviello
Jessica Shank
JS
Yale University School of Nursing, Room 294, 100 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06536-0740, USA. Jessica.Coviello@yale.edu
Hricz-Borges
Linda
L
Masulli
Palasa Saltourides
PS
D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011788:Quality of Life