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Multiple conditions: multiple challenges
— exploring palliative and end of life care for older people with multiple conditions | | Author(s) | Lucy Sutton, Philip Hurst |
| Corporate Author | National Council for Palliative Care - NCPC; Age Concern England - ACE; Help the Aged |
| Publisher | National Council for Palliative Care, London, October 2008 |
| Pages | 23 pp |
| Source | National Council for Palliative Care, The Fitzpatrick Building, 188-194 York Way, London N7 9AS. E-mail: enquiries@ncpc.org.uk Website: www.ncpc.org.uk |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Terminal illness ; Terminal care ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Frail older people with multiple conditions make the greatest use of the health and social care system. In order to better meet this group's palliative care needs, staff must be encouraged to consider the whole person throughout the care process. This guidance publication is designed to support implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy. It uses innovative practice examples and case studies of inappropriate care to illustrate how best to achieve individual centred care and commissioning of services. It makes recommendations on workforce training and development. Content of this publication was informed by a roundtable discussion on the topic in November 2007 and a national event, 'Dying with Dignity' in March 2008. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081029002 B |
| Classmark | CI: CV: LV: 583 |
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