[Management of home care for the advanced cancer patient from the standpoint of home hospice].
We offer home hospice care to patients with bowel obstruction associated with advanced gastrointestinal cancer, who hope to leave hospital and be cared at home, if they understand their condition and if their families also hope to live with the patients, so that the patients can live at home to the last breath. To master various palliative techniques and nursing care services are indispensable to assure home hospice care. In this case, 1. guidance about HPN, 2. guidance about pain control, 3. arrangement of visiting nurse services and 4. application for the long-term care insurance and procurement of the bed and other nursing goods needed to be completed before the discharge from the hospital, and it is important to complete these preparations rapidly in a short period. The 24-hour communication system and appropriate care for new symptoms are the key for successfully shifting to home hospice care. At the final stage, it is important to support families and repeatedly provide guidance for the peaceful death.
Ashino
Yoshikazu
Y
Dept. of Surgery, Fukushima Rousai Hospital.
Muto
Atushi
A
Miyazawa
Masanori
M
Sato
Masanori
M
Koyama
Kaoru
K
D003152:Community Health Nursing; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000592:standards; D006704:Homemaker Services; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care