Palliative care for older people: better practices
This publication aims to provide examples of better palliative care practices
for older people. Some examples consider how to improve aspects within the whole health system; specific examples consider how to improve palliative care education, support in the community, in hospitals or for specific groups of people. The publication is intended for policy-makers, decision-makers, planners and multidisciplinary professionals.
Main points
- Introdution
- Palliative care
- Place of death
- Whole-system approaches to improving palliative care for older people
- Improving palliative care for older people at home
- Family caregivers
- Symptom-speciļ¬c interventions
- Advance care planning
- National awareness
- Educational interventions
- Palliative care for older poeple with dementia
- Improving care for older people in hospitals
- Improving palliative care for older people living in nursing and residential care homes
- Integrated care pathways
- Improving palliative care in resource-constrained settings
- The need for research on palliative care for older people
- Recommendations
Date: 01/01/2011
Author: Sue Hall, Hristina Petkova, Agis D. Tsouros, Massimo Costantini and Irene J. Higginson
Organization: World Health Organization
Reference: http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/143153/e95052.pdf
Only for Members: No
Content type: Good practises
Tags: best practices, quality improvement, quality of life, senior generation, health, generations, wellbeing
Categories: Medical & Functions