Jacqueline Eaton
Let us progress! Implementing professionally led arts-based programming in senior centers
Educational gerontology
hospice caters referrals wide areas northern indian territory descriptive analysis hospice admissions bring light status palliative care region overall aim assess clinical demographic profile hospice admissions new delhi time period 20162017 hospice admission records calendar year 2016 digitized paper charts statistical analysis carried using spss v21 patient caregiver demographic profile dominant referral utilization patterns retrospectively assessed one hundred fiftyfour admissions mean age 518 15 years 60 females recorded onethird patients 48 31 single time admission majority patients 10th grade literacy level 116 753 belonged low socioeconomic status two large tertiary care centers common referrers 546 top three diagnoses headandneck cancers 56 364 gastrointestinal cancers 27 175 metastatic breast cancer 23 149 major patientreported debilities pain 73 dysphagia 51 incontinence 45 mean duration diagnosis hospice referral 27 07 years majority patients 76 reported undergone form oncologic treatment twothirds patients received opioids without additional supportive care pain dysphagia incontinence common reasons hospice referral incontinence significantly correlated divorced status differences prevalence symptoms relation marital status data hospice utilization patterns india limited pilot experiences data needed drive nationallevel policies