ABSTRACT
In our unit and in general, nurses commonly take care of elderly patients. However, we herein describe the provision of community nursing care directed towards young advanced cancer patients. From our experience, the following issues should be considered by the medical care team for community nursing to be effective with these patients: Full explanation of treatment to enable the patient to make an informed decision. This can be achieved through provision of full details of the potential benefits and risks of community nursing. Next is the importance of a team based approach by the medical care team, with the support of various community and volunteer networks if necessary. Palliative care community nursing requires sincere and caring character profiles. In addition, we recognize that there are special considerations for home nursing care of the younger patient that are not present in our experience with the older patient group. One issue is that these patients have particular requirements which incur significant expenses for which there are few public support systems.
