Abstract

A 6 month program was conducted for individualities living with advanced cancer to address their symptoms and psychosocial requirements, which frequently lead to Emergency Department visits. The program involved nanny led telephone calls to manage symptoms, coordinate care, and grease advance care planning to determine values and pretensions for unborn care. Of the actors, half completed the program, a quarter enrolled in lodge or passed down, 19 were lost to follow up, and 9 withdrew from the program, pullout was more common among cases with smaller symptoms and those who were white. Nearly all cases (83) engaged in some form of advance care planning, and 80 of cases entered lodge care before their death.