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| The challenges of end of life care | | Author(s) | Katherine Froggatt, Jill Hasnip, Pauline Smith |
| Journal title | Elderly Care, vol 12, no 2, April 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1-13 |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Pain ; Nursing homes ; Training [welfare work] ; Projects. |
| Annotation | A two-year palliative care pilot education project for staff working in nursing homes registered with the Registered Nursing Homes Association (RNHA) in north-west England is described. The project was designed to offer courses to all levels of care staff: 54 nursing homes sent 151 registered nurses; and 16 homes sent all levels of staff. The starting point was to discover what staff were doing for residents who were dying, how they did it and why. This article examines the project's impact on learning, communication skills, the role of families in care giving, and pain management. The authors discuss how appropriate end of life care should be further developed, the central focus of care work being on the dying person and his or her choices and needs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000411217 A |
| Classmark | LV: CT7: LHB: QW: 3E |
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