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| End of life care in dementia | | Author(s) | Elizabeth L Sampson, Louise Robinson |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 8, no 3, August 2009 |
| Pages | pp 331-444 (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Terminal care ; Medical care ; Home nursing ; Family care ; Nursing homes. |
| Annotation | This issue considers the current and future needs of those with dementia at the end of their life. This will be a challenge in health care, given that by 2021 one million people in the UK will experience dementia, with similar increases throughout the world. One in three of the UK population over the age of 60 years will die whilst having a dementia and the quality of end-of-life care may be less than optimal. The UK Government has attempted to address these issues through the End of Life Care Strategy (NHS, End of Life Care Programme, 2007) and the National Dementia Strategy (Department of Health, 2009). This issue is an acknowledgement of how health and social care professionals and researchers are working to provide equitable access and improved services for people with dementia and their families and caregivers. There is a need to develop new and cost-effective ways to improve the quality of care that is provided. Examples of some initiatives at a local level are beginning to demonstrate how effective multidisciplinary bridges can be built, and these are presented. Through innovative practice and coordinated use of existing resources, not 'high-tech solutions', large improvements in the quality of care can be made. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090907208 A |
| Classmark | EA: LV: LK: N4: P6:SJ: LHB |
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