Conclusion
heart failure
HEART FAILURE
The findings showed that patients with heart failure who received HBPC had a higher quality of life. Improving the quality of life of elderly heart failure patients requires significant palliative care in addition to symptom management. Hence, palliative care should be incorporated into the treatment of this particular group of patients because it places a strong emphasis on comprehensive care. We recommend further exploration of the role of HBPC for diverse populations and its impact on health equity. Additionally, while the majority of studies have addressed older adults, no study has examined partnerships between geriatric medicine and palliative care specialists. Future research may clarify whether multidisciplinary collaboration across palliative care, primary care, and geriatric medicine offers unique benefits for home-bound patients. One area for strengthening palliative care trials is explicitly basing them in behavioral intervention and theories of palliative care delivery and studies should be designed to identify the active ingredients of effective palliative care and their causal pathways in impacting outcomes.