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| Learning and unlearning for end of life care in care homes | | Author(s) | Malcolm L Johnson |
| Journal title | International Journal of Education and Ageing, vol 1, no 1, June 2010 |
| Publisher | Association for Education & Ageing - AEA, Leicester, June 2010 |
| Pages | pp 53-66 |
| Source | Institute of Lifelong Learning, Leicester University, Regent Road, Leicester, LE1 7AA. |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Curricula ; Training [welfare work] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes. |
| Annotation | The long term care of older people around the world is largely in the hands of people with low levels of education and small amounts of training. Even nurses working in nursing homes often lack specific training. This paper presents the development, implementation and evaluation of a short training package on end of life care, delivered to staff of 106 residential / social care and nursing homes run by the largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. It, and a subsequent national study, show how strong the "embedded values" of enhanced personal care, skills in the relief of suffering and attention to the need for empathic human presence are played out. The findings also provide detailed evidence of support and facilities for relatives as they seek to spend time in the last days and hours. It is concluded that enhancing and validating the positive values and practices with short training is more desirable than turning end of life care into a specialist field of work with its own credentials. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101129006 A |
| Classmark | LV: V9C: QW: KW: LHB |
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