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Provision of palliative care education in nursing homes
Author(s)	Kathryn Mathews, Jemma Finch
Journal title	Nursing Times, vol 102, no 5, 31 January 2006
Pages	pp 36-40
Source	http://www.nursingtimes.net
Keywords	Nursing homes ; Terminal care ; Pain ; Training [welfare work] ; Social surveys ; London.
Annotation	The nature and extent of existing palliative care education activities is considered. Following a literature review, the authors gathered data by questionnaires, face-to-face and telephone interviews, visiting palliative care teams across the Mount Vernon Cancer Network in Middlesex, and attendance at conferences, meetings and exhibitions. A comprehensive needs assessment for palliative care education within nursing homes was completed. The findings revealed inequalities across the network with regard to educational provision and uptake of palliative care services. Recruitment of overseas staff and a transient workforce were both cited as major difficulties in implementing educational programmes. Funding of these programmes and responsibility for providing the education remain unclear. A real and urgent need for palliative care training was found across the network area, with scope for a variety of approaches to be adopted in delivering training. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060303503 A
Classmark	LHB: LV: CT7: QW: 3F: 82L *
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