Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System (MVAHCS), USA.
Omega (Westport). 2013;67(1-2):87-95. doi: 10.2190/OM.67.1-2.j.
This project offers encouraging evidence of the impact of providing companionship and compassionate care to actively dying Veterans. Veteran-centered care serves as a guide for volunteer program objectives including goals based on measuring outcomes of volunteer visits offered to Veterans, frequency of visits to those desiring volunteer involvement and documentation of goals on the resident plan of care. Forty-eight Veterans were admitted to the Palliative Integrated Care (PIC) Unit during the project review period with a median length of stay (LOS) of 7 days, ranging 1-50 days. Goals were met for Veterans with LOS > 3 days; however, it was more challenging to meet the needs of Veterans with shorter stays. Data for this project were collected over a 6-month period. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responding to the needs of end-of-life Veterans who do not have family or friends readily available through the No Veteran Dies Alone initiative.
本项目为积极临终的退伍军人提供陪伴和关爱的影响提供了令人鼓舞的证据。以退伍军人为中心的护理是志愿者计划目标的指南，包括基于衡量向退伍军人提供志愿者访问的结果、希望志愿者参与的访问频率以及在居民护理计划上记录目标的目标。在项目审查期间，有 48 名退伍军人入住姑息治疗综合护理 (PIC) 病房，平均住院时间 (LOS) 为 7 天，范围为 1-50 天。对于 LOS > 3 天的退伍军人，目标得以实现；然而，满足住院时间较短的退伍军人的需求更具挑战性。本项目的数据收集历时 6 个月。美国退伍军人事务部 (VA) 通过“没有退伍军人独自死去”倡议，正在回应那些没有家人或朋友陪伴的临终退伍军人的需求。
