[The outpatient palliative care conference for the home palliative care shift (the second report)--the conference was used to look back on the case where the patient's QOL was kept and improved].
The patient was a 30-year-old woman with right tongue cancer and SCC (T4N2bM0). After it had relapsed, the outpatient palliative care conference intervened. The purpose of intervention was as follows: pain control, nutrition management, home recuperation support, and relief of a spiritual pain. We could achieve the patient's desire to recuperate at home as long as possible by sharing a goal and information. The patient was treated for a total of 457 days. Since the relapse, she was treated for 274 days, and was hospitalized for 49 days. By offering necessary home care supports, the patient and family fully demonstrated their potentials what they could do to recuperate and resulted in a long home stay. It was thought that our relationship with the patient and family appeared to have enhanced their self-resistance feelings against the disease. Consequently, we contributed the improvement of QOL.
Asaba
Kaori
K
The Outpatient Chemotherapy Room, Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital.
Chigira
Mayumi
M
Hashimoto
Eiko
E
Hano
Ayumi
A
Sofue
Akira
A
Umeki
Mikiko
M
Murotsu
Keizo
K
Ozawa
Hiroyuki
H
Shiraishi
Ko
K
D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011788:Quality of Life; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*