Open AccessThe benefits and challenges of embedding specialist palliative care teams within homeless hostels to enhance support and learning: Perspectives from palliative care teams and hostel staff
Author(s) -
Megan Armstrong,
Caroline Shulman,
Briony Hudson,
Niamh Brophy,
Julian Daley,
Nigel Hewett,
Patrick Stone
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1477-030X
pISSN - 0269-2163
DOI - 10.1177/02692163211006318
Subject(s) - palliative care , nursing , medicine , general partnership , multidisciplinary approach , staffing , social support , psychology , sociology , business , social science , finance , psychotherapist
People residing in UK homeless hostels experience extremely high rates of multi-morbidity, frailty and age-related conditions at a young age. However, they seldom receive palliative care with the burden of support falling to hostel staff.