Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
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Gan To Kagaku Ryoho · May 2019
[Project for Self-Help Tableware Involving Local Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan].
To improve the quality ofmeals in communities, "Keiji study group on dysphagia" was founded in 2010. With the "Project for Self-Help Tableware involving Traditional Arts and Crafts," we will introduce an innovative community collaboration of cultural specialists,. The existing self-help tableware are not suitable for traditional feasts. ⋯ In the future, the need for food that ameliorates swallowing will increase. This new eating culture is not only concerned with the production off ood, but also with the presentation ofits tableware. We are planning to support the development ofsuch a cuisine through a sponsored project, which will encourage collaboration between local manufacturing of traditional culture and occupational therapy.
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Gan To Kagaku Ryoho · May 2019
[Investigation of the Cases of Deaths at Home after Discharge from Palliative Care Unit].
Recently, palliative care units are required to provide home-care support. In our palliative care unit, we support withh ospital discharge according to patient's wishes. In 2 years since April 2016, 104 of 536 hospitalized patients were discharged home (home discharge rate 19.4%). ⋯ As reasons for home discharge,"Advanced understanding of medical condition" and"Recognition of the goodness of home"was cited. The median time from discharge to death at home is as short as 14 days, and so cooperation between the hospital and the home medical team is indispensable. To that end, the hospital guarantees emergency hospitalization, and the home medical team needs to accept discharge of the patient who is approaching death.