FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Terminally-ill patients require holistic approach of nursing that encompasses the different aspects of man namely physical, psychological, social, religious, level of independence, environment, and spiritual. In this premise, patients with incurable illness, specially cancer patients, require a whole faceted care to improve the quality of their life.
2. PREPARE ME Interventions are said to be effective in improving the quality of life of cancer patients. This can be applied not only with terminally-ill patients but also introduced to those patients with acute and chronic diseases and those with prolonged hospital stays.
3. The utilization of the intervention as a basic part of care given to cancer patients is recommended, as well as the incorporation of the intervention in the basic nursing curriculum in the care of these patients. The said components of PREPARE ME must be introduced and focused during the training of nurses both in the academe and practice to answer the needs of this special kind of clients.
4. Development of training programs for care facilities, as well as health care professionals where intervention is a part of treatment modalities, is also recommended.
5. For patients, an honest view and feedback regarding their illness and management, and obtaining their perceptions can lead to improvement of services and communication between patients with advanced progressive cancer, their families and health team.
6. Supportive environment where patients with advanced progressive cancer and the terminally-ill patients can attain dignity of dying with peace while their families are given the necessary support they need to cope up with. Thus, healthcare professionals and family members have to provide this kind of venue whether in the home of hospital setting. This will maintain a holistic support for this special type of clients.