Background: In Canada, only 15% of patients requiring palliative care receive such services
in the year before death. We describe health care utilization patterns among home care …

BACKGROUND: Prognostication tools that report personalized mortality risk and survival
could improve discussions about end-of-life and advance care planning. We sought to …

Background Despite an increasing number of risk prediction models being developed within
the healthcare space, few have been widely adopted and evaluated in clinical practice …

Introduction Older adults living in the community often have multiple, chronic conditions and
functional impairments. A challenge for healthcare providers working in the community is the …

Abstract Background In Canada, publicly-funded home care programs enable older adults to
remain and be cared for in their home for as long as possible but they often differ in types of …

Background: Many people with terminal illness prefer to die in home-like settings—including
care homes, hospices, or palliative care units—rather than an acute care hospital. Home …

In C anada, health system restructuring has led to a greater focus on home‐based palliative
care as an alternative to institutionalised palliative care. However, little is known about the …

Background: Given the complex care needs of older adults receiving home health care
(HHC), it is important for HHC clinicians to identify those with limited prognosis who may …

Background: Medicare home health could be leveraged to care for those near the end of life
(EOL), especially for those who cannot access nor desire the Medicare hospice benefit. It is …

OBJECTIVES The current evidence base regarding the effectiveness of home‐based
palliative care (HomePal) on outcomes of importance to multiple stakeholders remains …