Health Care Worker Perceptions of Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Hospital-to-Hospice Transitions.

Care transitions from the hospital to hospice are a difficult time, and gaps during this transitions could cause poor care experiences and outcomes. However, little is known about what gaps exist in the hospital-to-hospice transition. To understand the process of hospital-to-hospice transition and identify common gaps in the transition that result in unsafe or poor patient and family caregiver experiences.

High-dose neuroleptics and neuroleptic rotation for agitated delirium near the end of life.

Reason For The Study: Agitated delirium presents unique challenges for hospice and palliative care clinicians. Haloperidol, the recommended neuroleptic, may be ineffective at low dose, or poorly tolerated at higher doses.

Main Findings: This article reports on two patients with refractory agitated delirium.