Construction of a Home Hospice Care Program for Older Adults at the End of Life with Chronic Diseases in China: A Delphi Method

With the increasing aging of the population and the increasing incidence of chronic diseases in China, home hospice care services can meet the desire of the older adult with chronic diseases to receive care and die at home. In order to ensure the real application of hospice in families, the goal of the study was to construct a home hospice care program for the older adult at the end of life with chronic diseases based on Harmony Nursing Theory (composed of three parts: harmony needs assessment, harmony mechanism establishment and interpersonal interaction).