Physical Restraints

To eliminate the use of physical restraints and side rails in acute and critical care settings.

Physical Function

To maximize physical functioning, ensure safety, and prevent or minimize decline in ADL function, and plan for transitions of care.

Perioperative Care

To restore physiologic stability, prevent complications, maintain comfort and safety, and preserve pre-illness functional ability and QOL in older adults throughout the perioperative continuum.

Palliative Care

On completion of this chapter, the reader should be able to:

1. Define palliative care and how it differs from hospice.

2. Describe how palliative care promotes quality healthcare.

3. Discuss the metrics that support the role of palliative care in reducing healthcare costs.

4. Delineate models of palliative care in the United States based on venue.