Transplant Care Initiative Transplantation medicine is a focus of care at Hannover Medical School (MHH). Between 300 and 400 patients receive a donor organ every year. They are cared for before, during [...] SOPs). In summer 2021, the transplant care initiative was launched, which is based on the MHH's oncology care concept, among other things. The aim is to ensure optimal care for transplant patients in all Clinical [...] highly qualified nursing staff in the Clinical Departments involved in transplantation. The nursing care of chronically ill patients suffering from various underlying diseases is demanding and requires

that make palliative care appropriate. However, in the day-to-day care of hospitals and physicians' practices, it is often difficult to adequately recognize the time for palliative care. International studies [...] in Germany. In contrast, the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT ), developed and tested empirically by the Primary Palliative Care Research Group at the University of Edinburgh under the [...] outpatient care settings. Qualitative and quantitative healthcare research methods are used (mixed methods design). However, scientific studies have shown that the integration of palliative care into the

information about the intensive care unit 67 more information about the cardiac ward 68 Head of intensive care unit 67 Christiane Ganzer Nursing management of the intensive care unit 67 Christiane Ganzer is [...] Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine Our nursing team The nursing team is a mainstay of our medical care. With professional competence and empathy, the nursing team [...] is a registered pediatric nurse, intensive care & anesthesia specialist and mid-level nurse. She has been head of the nursing team in intensive care unit 67 since 1997. Contact details: Hannover Medical

also new forms of care such as day hospices or day clinics. To what extent can the existing structures of hospice work and palliative care in the Hannover Region cover the need for care and how can they [...] HannoPall Hospice and palliative care in Hanover and the region: stocktaking and recommendations for further development Background Hospice and palliative care has developed considerably in recent years [...] outpatient structures have been expanded. However, there are always challenges in care practice (e.g. bed capacities on palliative care wards). An overall hospice and palliative concept includes numerous services

Saxony, Germany. BMC Palliative Care. 2022; 21: 111 (BMC Palliat Care ) Walther W, Stiel S, Schneider N, Müller-Mundt G. Care of people at the end of life in geriatric care facilities in Lower Saxony - A [...] Health Ethics at the Protestant Academy Loccum Palliative care in elderly care: conference report 2020 Facilities or Institutions for the care of the elderly are the place where more and more older people [...] more people are spending the last phase of their lives in care facilities for the elderly and are also dying there. The hospice and palliative care culture in Facilities or Institutions is therefore of great

implementation of the "Particularly qualified and coordinated palliative medical care" (BQKPMV) in the reality of care and recommendations for further development in the federal state of Lower Saxony [...] palliative care for people with incurable, progressive illnesses has developed significantly in recent years. With the introduction of the "Particularly qualified and coordinated palliative medical care" (BQKPMV) [...] improve outpatient care for seriously ill and dying people in Germany. An analysis of implementation is necessary to assess the extent to which the BQKPMV has been incorporated into care practice. In this

GP EoL Care Index Development and piloting of the German-language version of the General Practice End of Life Care Index Background The promotion of palliative care by general practitioners is a declared [...] home environment and in nursing homes in a needs-based, graduated care concept. While no validated instrument for the evaluation of GP care for patients in the last phase of life is yet available in Germ [...] German-speaking countries, the "General Practice End-of-Life Care Index" (GP EoL Care I) was developed and used in the UK by Hughes et al. (Hughes et al. 2010) . ©pabijan - stock.adobe.com Aims and methods

palliative care consultation service involving nursing. This is how we are there for you: Assessment of symptoms associated with the disease and/or therapy Alleviation of symptoms through suitable care measures [...] measures (e.g. complementary care measures) Performing nursing tasks during surgical, radiotherapeutic or drug therapy Advising patients and their relatives on prophylaxis, hygiene, care options and aids Arranging [...] multi-professional team Palliative care measures Interdisciplinary oncology ward An "Interdisciplinary Oncology Ward" (IOS) was established at the MHH for inpatient care in order to better bundle and target

Our palliative care consultation hours Our palliative care consultation is aimed at patients with a chronic illness. Relatives are also welcome to make use of our consultation hours. It can be useful to [...] good time and to plan further care. We work closely with your family physician and other treating physicians and services (e.g. palliative and hospice services, palliative care unit, outpatient pain clinic [...] Comprehensive assessment of symptoms and problems and planning of further care Co-treatment of pain and other symptoms Advice on palliative care in outpatient and inpatient settings Advice on drawing up a living

ward has an intensive care and an intermediate care (IMC) area. This enables us to care for both critically ill and more stable patients who require monitoring. In addition to the care of premature babies [...] 69 is the intensive care unit for premature and newborn babies. Together with the Clinical Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics , we form a Perinatal Centre of the highest care level (Level 1). The [...] The highest level of care means that our ward is equipped both in terms of staff and medical technology so that we can provide our little patients with the best possible care, even in complicated cases.