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| Evaluation of a project providing community palliative care support to nursing homes | | Author(s) | Mark Avis, Jean Greening Jackson, Karen Cox |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 7, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp 32-38 |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Nursing homes ; Community care ; Nottingham. |
| Annotation | A 3-year pilot community care project to extend `hospice standards' of palliative care to nursing home residents in Nottingham is evaluated in this paper. The evaluation involved two questionnaire surveys of all matrons of nursing homes with registered palliative care beds (39 and 43 matrons, respectively) and 35 interviews with a sample of local stakeholders. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the quantitative data and an iterative procedure to generate themes from the qualitative data. The overall perception of the project's impact was that it had helped to overcome the barriers that exist between National Health Service (NHS) services and the independent sector. By providing assistance with individual care and access to specialist advice, equipment and training, the project was thought to have decreased the isolation experienced by staff and residents and improved equity of access to specialist palliative care for nursing home residents. Although it was widely agreed that the nursing home is an appropriate setting for palliative care, concern was expressed about the quality of care that can be given with mostly unqualified care staff. Ongoing needs for training and liaison between services were identified. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990129404 A |
| Classmark | LV: LHB: PA: 8NTF |
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