Palliative care among elderly cancer patients: Own experience

Abstract

Currently the outpatient palliative cancer care are coming more into the forefront. This type of care allows patients to stay as long as possible at home among their close relatives. Prerequisite for a well working outpatient palliative care is cooperation with general practitioners and home health care agencies.

Cancer in the elderly

“…14 A part of the patients progress despite treatment or are in a condition that makes an anticancer treatment impossible. The practical experience with a system of palliative care is described by Slovacek et al 15 An adequate social support seems to be a very important aspect of the complex treatment of senior patients. 16 One of most difficult decisions in oncology is related to the end of life of oncological patients.…”