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End-of-life care
— promoting comfort, choice and well-being for older people | | Author(s) | Jane Seymour, Ros Witherspoon, Merryn Gott |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Policy Press, in association with Help the Aged, Bristol, 2005 |
| Pages | 74 pp |
| Source | Marston Book Services, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN. email: direct.orders@marston.co.uk website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Ageism ; Consumer choice ; Well being ; Rights [elderly] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Experts at the University of Sheffield undertook this research in response to key aims of Help the Aged: to defeat ageism, challenge poor standards, and promote quality of care. This report provides a comprehensive account of the available evidence on the circumstances and needs of older people who are dying in the UK, who, with their carers, experience huge inequality in terms of the care and support they receive. The report is divided into five chapters, starting with definitions, policies and practices on the broader context of end-of-life care. The report identifies the range of patterns, circumstances and experiences of death and dying in old age; and examines "places" of care at the end of life. Communication and decision making are explored, particularly in relation to "advance care planning", consent and autonomy. This includes examining whether older people welcome opportunities to discuss death and dying, including their practical, social and spiritual concerns. To complement this report's findings, Tom Owen of Help the Aged invited some older people to write short articles (see Appendix A); these are also published by Help the Aged as "Dying in old age: reflections and experiences from an older person's perspective". Other appendices concern standards pertinent to death and dying. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050607204 B |
| Classmark | CX: LV: B:TOB: WYC: D:F:5HH: IKR: 3F |
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