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| The influence of patient and carer age in access to palliative care services |
| Author(s) | Gunn E Grande, Morag C Farquhar, Stephen I G Barclay |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 35, no 3, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp 267-272 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Patients ; Informal care ; Terminal care ; Home nursing ; Usage [services] ; Admission ; Cross sectional surveys. |
| Annotation | Older patient age is associated with poorer access to palliative care. This may mask age differences in access due to a carer's age. This study compared patients who received community Macmillan nurse specialist advice, Marie Curie nursing or inpatient hospice care with patients who did not. 123 primary carers were interviewed. The study found that carer age was at least as important as patient age in predicting access to palliative home care. If carer age differences reflect that younger carers have greater need for support, health professionals may need to become more responsive to the support requirements of younger carers. If carer age differences reflect younger carers' greater effectiveness in recruiting care, there is a need to ensure that older carers' home care requirements are better heard and responded to by health professionals. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060825208 A |
| Classmark | LF: P6: LV: N4: QLD: QKH: 3KB |
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