Below is a collection of news briefs and abstracts of current literature related to hospice and palliative care. To view the details of this latest issue, access here >

• Identifying Palliative Care Needs in Heart Failure Patients with Nurse-Led Screening
• Factors that Support Home Deaths for Patients Receiving At-Home Palliative & End-of-Life Care
• The Best End-of-Life Care Begins With TRUTH
• Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and Falls in Old People: Risks and Prevention-An Observational Case-Control Study
• Systemic Strategies to Prevent Nonbeneficial Treatments Near the End of Life
• End-of-Life Cancer Care Interventions for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations in the USA
• Hospice Visits and Perceived Hospice Quality among Assisted Living Residents
• Sights and Sounds of Respiratory Changes During Hospice Death Vigils: Hospice Caregivers Experience