title: End of life care: a rapid response hospice at home service.
abstract: In line with recommendations in the Department of Health's 2008 End of Life Care Strategy to enable people to die at home, the charity Sue Ryder Care piloted a rapid response hospice at home service in Bedford. The project supported 17 patients to die in their own homes. Evaluation of the project will be shared with the local primary care trust in the hope that it will continue to fund the service. Other community-based models of end of life care that the charity has developed are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Sue Ryder Care.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002608:Charities / Q000458:organization & administration; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004739:England; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration