2021 Volume 10 Issue 3 Pages 124-128
The number of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) procedures performed for elderly patients has recently increased along with the development of reduced-intensity conditioning. We herein discuss future issues based on the analysis of our nursing experience in relation to two elderly patients. We demonstrated that advisability of adapting allo-HSCT to elderly cases should be correctly evaluated based on various medical risk factors, in addition to the patient’s sense of values or hopes, by a collaborative team that involves various co-medical staff, and that nurses who care for these patients must support decision-making with a sufficient grasp of the extent of the understanding of the per-transplant period possessed by their patients and their caregivers. In the future, nurses will take the initiative in collaboration or coordination with co-medical staff in transplant teams before treatment to organize a system that supports the sense of values or hopes of patients and their caregivers.
