Virtual models of care for people with palliative care needs living in their own home: A systematic meta-review and narrative synthesis

D Disalvo, M Agar, G Caplan, FEM Murtagh… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Access to palliative care in the community enables people to live in their
preferred place of care, which is often home. Community palliative care services struggle to …

Making decisions about delirium: a qualitative comparison of decision making between nurses working in palliative care, aged care, aged care psychiatry, and …

M Agar, B Draper, PA Phillips, J Phillips… - Palliative …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Delirium has a significant impact on nursing practice from diagnosis and
management, with under-detection and variable management of delirium being international …

Is home-based palliative care cost-effective? An economic evaluation of the Palliative Care Extended Packages at Home (PEACH) pilot

N McCaffrey, M Agar, J Harlum, J Karnon… - BMJ Supportive & …, 2013 - spcare.bmj.com
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a home-based
palliative care model relative to usual care in expediting discharge or enabling patients to …

[HTML][HTML] Better informing decision making with multiple outcomes cost-effectiveness analysis under uncertainty in cost-disutility space

N McCaffrey, M Agar, J Harlum, J Karnon, D Currow… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Comparing multiple, diverse outcomes with cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is
important, yet challenging in areas like palliative care where domains are unamenable to …

The mental health of Australians bereaved during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class analysis

F Maccallum, LJ Breen, JL Phillips, MR Agar… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many areas of life, including culturally
accepted practices at end-of-life care, funeral rites, and access to social, community, and …

Perceptions of nurses towards oral health in palliative care: a qualitative study

AC Kong, A George, AR Villarosa, M Agar, J Harlum… - Collegian, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Oral health problems among people receiving palliative care are common and
can significantly affect quality of life. Nurses are at the frontline of palliative care in Australia …

The perceptions of palliative care medical practitioners towards oral health: A descriptive qualitative study

AR Villarosa, M Agar, A Kong, MS Sousa… - Palliative …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Oral health problems are common, but often overlooked, among people
receiving palliative care. Aim: To better understand how oral health can be addressed in this …

Quality of life of community-based palliative care clients and their caregivers

T Connell, RS Fernandez, D Tran, R Griffiths… - … & supportive care, 2013 - cambridge.org
Objective: This study aimed to investigate health-related quality of life of palliative care (PC)
clients and their caregivers, at baseline and follow-up, following a referral to a community …

Perceptions of the impact of health-care services provided to palliative care clients and their carers 274

T Connell, RS Fernandez, R Griffiths… - … Journal of Palliative …, 2010 - magonlinelibrary.com
A wide range of services are provided to palliative care clients to alleviate pain and improve
their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of clients and …

Quality-of-life trajectory of clients and carers referred to a community palliative care service

T Connell, R Griffiths, RS Fernandez… - … Journal of Palliative …, 2011 - magonlinelibrary.com
Palliative care clients often have a reduced quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this study
was to explore the QOL trajectory of clients and carers newly referred to a community …