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Home Hospice Care

Paul Bashyam (2023). As hard as it was for us, it was harder for him. Annals Of Palliative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-23-313

Paul Bashyam, Venus Szee Chin Ther & Ching Yee Tan (2021) Dying at home during Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic – insight and learning from the home hospice perspective, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development,

https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1860808

Chong PH, Yeo ZZ. Parenteral Lidocaine for Complex Cancer Pain in the Home or Inpatient Hospice Setting: A Review and Synthesis of the Evidence. J Palliat Med. 2020 Dec 22.

https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0622. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33351710.

Adrian David Kan, Poh Heng Chong & Zhi Zheng Yeo (2020) Impact of psychiatrist support in home-based hospice care: A qualitative case-series review, Progress in Palliative Care,

https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2020.1810458

Ho AHY, Car J, Ho MR, Tan-Ho G, Choo PY, Patinadan PV, Chong PH, Ong WY, Fan G, Tan YP, Neimeyer RA, Chochinov HM. A novel Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for enhancing and informing holistic palliative care in Asia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Dec 4;18(1):587.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2325-5. PMID: 29202863; PMCID: PMC5715529.

Yap R, Akhileswaran R, Heng CP, Tan A, Hui D. Comfort care kit: use of nonoral and nonparenteral rescue medications at home for terminally ill patients with swallowing difficulty. J Palliat Med. 2014;17(5):575-578. doi:10.1089/jpm.2013.0364

https://doi.org/10.1.089/ipm.2013.0364

Ho, A.H.Y., Car, J., Ho, MH. et al. A novel Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for enhancing and informing holistic palliative care in Asia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 18, 587 (2017).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2325-5

Lee J, Naing K, Yeo ZZ, Chong PH. The Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation in the Palliative Management of Stridor in a Head and Neck Cancer Patient. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019;58(2):e3-e5. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.04.025

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.04.025

Lee J. Authors’ Response to Palliative Management of Stridor in a Head and Neck Cancer Patient With Noninvasive Ventilation: Is It Safe?. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019;58(6):e2. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.09.013

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.09.013

Tan-Ho, G., Choo, P.Y., Patinadan, P.V. et al. Blessings or burdens: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study on the motivations and their impact on end-of-life caregiving among Asian family caregivers. BMC Palliat Care 19, 132 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00638-6

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00638-6

Kan AD, Chong PH, Yeo ZZ. Impact of psychiatrist support in home-based hospice care: a qualitative case-series review. Progress in Palliative Care. 2021 Jul 4;29(4):191-8.

https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2020.1810458

Chong PH, Soo J, Yeo ZZ, Ang RQ, Ting C. Who needs and continues to need paediatric palliative care? An evaluation of utility and feasibility of the Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS). BMC Palliat Care. 2020;19(1):18. Published 2020 Feb 10. doi:10.1186/s12904-020-0524-4

https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12904-020-0524-4

Bashyam P, Ther VS, Tan CY. Dying at home during Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic–insight and learning from the home hospice perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. 2021 Apr 3;31(1-2):152-8.

https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1860808

Chong PH, Yeo ZZ. Parenteral Lidocaine for Complex Cancer Pain in the Home or Inpatient Hospice Setting: A Review and Synthesis of the Evidence. J Palliat Med. 2021;24(8):1154-1160. doi:10.1089/jpm.2020.0622

https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0622

Lyu XJ, Kan AD, Chong PH, Lin K, Koh YH, Yeo ZZ. An open-label clinical trial of oral transmucosal haloperidol and oral transmucosal olanzapine in the treatment of terminal delirium at home. Trials. 2022;23(1):311. Published 2022 Apr 14. doi:10.1186/s13063-022-06238-4

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06238-4

Chong PH, Lee J, Yeo ZZ, Ang RQ. Utilisation of after-hours telephone support in a home-based hospice service. BMC Palliat Care. 2022;21(1):159. Published 2022 Sep 16. doi:10.1186/s12904-022-01049-5

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01049-5

Zhuang Q, Chong PH, Ong WS, et al. Longitudinal patterns and predictors of healthcare utilization among cancer patients on home-based palliative care in Singapore: a group-based multi-trajectory analysis. BMC Med. 2022;20(1):313. Published 2022 Sep 22. doi:10.1186/s12916-022-02513-y

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02513-y

Yoon S, Goh H, Yeo ZZ, Yang GM, Chong PH, Zhuang Q. Comparing situational influences on differential healthcare utilization trajectories in patients on home palliative care: A qualitative study. Palliat Support Care. Published online February 1, 2024. doi:10.1017/S1478951524000014

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478951524000014

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Paediatric Palliative Care

Chong, P.H., Soo, J., Yeo, Z.Z. et al. Who needs and continues to need paediatric palliative care? An evaluation of utility and feasibility of the Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS). BMC Palliat Care 19, 18 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-0524-4

Dutta, O., Tan-Ho, G., Choo, P.Y. et al. Trauma to Transformation: the lived experience of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses in Singapore. BMC Palliat Care 19, 46 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00555-8

Ho AHY, Dutta O, Tan-Ho G, et a. lThematic analysis of spousal interaction patterns among Asian parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnessBMJ Open 2019;9:e032582.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032582

Chong, P.H., De Castro Molina, J.A., Teo, K. et al. Paediatric palliative care improves patient outcomes and reduces healthcare costs: evaluation of a home-based program. BMC Palliat Care 17, 11 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-017-0267-z

Chong PH. “So good; so late”: the strange love-hate relationship with paediatric palliative care. Ann Palliat Med. 2023;12(1):7-9. doi:10.21037/apm-22-1318

https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-22-1318

Ting C, Chen X, Poh YN, Yeo ZZ, Ang QR, Chong PH. ‘I really feel like I am ageing early’: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC). BMJ Public Health. 2024 Jan 1;2(1).

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000343

Ng GMC, Bourassa MH, Patel H. How Do Children With Medical Complexity Die? A Scoping Review. J Palliat Med. Published online January 29, 2024. doi:10.1089/jpm.2023.0322

https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2023.0322

Ee J, Chong PH, Poh YN, Ang R, Yeo ZZ. “I don’t know whether I will be alive or not” – An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young adult males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy making sense of self and life. Disabil Health J. 2024;17(2):101578. doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2023.101578

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2023.101578

Development of Healthcare Workers

Chrastek JJ, Tan AGL, Chong PH, Lim LC, Liew TP, Kasper H. International Distance Nurse Mentoring Program: A Pilot Project. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2021 Mar 5.

https://doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0000000000000749. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33675298.

Yang GM, Tan YY, Cheung YB, et al. Effect of a spiritual care training program for staff on patient outcomes. Palliat Support Care. 2017;15(4):434-443. doi:10.1017/S1478951516000894

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951516000894

Wickramasinghe LM, Yeo ZZ, Chong PH, Johnston B. Communicating with young children who have a parent dying of a life-limiting illness: a qualitative systematic review of the experiences and impact on healthcare, social and spiritual care professionals. BMC Palliat Care. 2022;21(1):125. Published 2022 Jul 12. doi:10.1186/s12904-022-01007-1

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01007-1

Bashyam P. As hard as it was for us, it was harder for him. Ann Palliat Med. 2024;13(2):462-464. doi:10.21037/apm-23-313

https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-23-313

Ng WR, Hamizah N, Chen X, Yeo ZZ, Soh KC, Chong PH. Burnout Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Palliative and Hospice Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Endemic: An Exploratory Survey. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/10499091241257958

https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091241257958

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