title: [Visiting nursing care for the end stage patient--a decision making support].
abstract: As the state of social security system has been changing, such as medical insurance and long-term care insurance for instances, the number of patients who would like to spend the final moment at home has been increasing. There are various ways to introduce and process for the end of stage patients who prefer to die at home. This report shows the current state of support to those cases through the activity of the home visit nursing care station. In the home nursing visit, it is important to assist the patient what kind of options he (or she) may have, and think them together with the patient.
authors.affiliation: Minami Medical Association, Visiting Nursing Care Station.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takasuna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003657:Decision Making; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013727:Terminal Care