Patients with heart failure (HF) and their families experience stress and suffering from a
variety of sources over the course of the HF experience. Palliative care is an interdisciplinary …

Background: Patients with heart failure have significant symptom burden, care needs, and
often a progressive course to end-stage disease. Palliative care referrals may be helpful but …

The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology has published a
previous position paper and various guidelines over the past decade recognizing the value …

Background Patients with advanced heart failure have substantial supportive care needs.
Specialist palliative care can be beneficial, but it is unclear who is most appropriate for …

Background: Investigators have tested interventions delivered by specialty palliative care
(SPC) clinicians, or by clinicians without palliative care specialization (primary palliative …

The role of palliative care for patients with heart failure (HF) is discussed in both most recent
HF guidelines, the 2021 ESC guideline and the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA guideline. This …

Background Current evidence that supports palliative care interventions predominantly
focuses on individuals with cancer or hospitalized patients. However, the effectiveness of …

Background Patients with heart failure have significant palliative care needs, but few are
offered palliative care. Understanding the experiences of delivering and receiving palliative …

Patients with heart failure have comparable illness burden and palliative care needs to
those with cancer. However, few of them are offered timely palliative care. One main barrier …

This research was conducted for the purpose of examining the care burden and quality of
life in family caregivers of palliative care patients. The research design was a descriptive …