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Phasing out the Liverpool Care Pathway: a briefing for social care providers
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing answers the key questions that social care providers may have about the use of the Liverpool Care Pathway following the Government announcement that the Pathway will be phased out and replaced with an end of life care plan. The briefing has been produced by SCIE in association with Care Providers Alliance, English Community Care Association and United Kingdom Homecare Assocation. (Original abstract)
Hospice: putting the heart back into dementia care
- Authors:
- TAPLEY Michael, REGAN Ann, JOLLEY David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 21(5), 2013, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The authors report on the action taken at Willow Wood Hospice in Ashton under Lyne to help meet the end of life care needs of people with dementia. (Edited publisher abstract)
Time to choose: making choice at the end of life a reality
- Author:
- MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 28
Macmillan's vision is that people who are nearing the end of life will be supported to make decisions that allow them and their family or carers to be prepared for their death; also that their care will be well coordinated and planned so that they die in the place and in the way that they have chosen. This report examines the importance of choice at the end of life and the barriers to such choice. It suggests solutions, for example having greater access to community services, improving planning and coordination, and providing free social care to people at the end of life. It also recommends that the Care Bill currently going through Parliament should make it clear that health services and local authorities have joint responsibility for identifying and signposting carers to information, advice and support. It concludes that there should be a "national choice offer", to ensure those people who want to die at home get the support they need. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evaluation of Yorkshire and the Humber end of life care development programme for care homes: interim report
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
In 2011, Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority (Y&H SHA) commissioned Skills for Care to develop and deliver a training programme focused on care home managers and ‘champions’ across the region. The aim of the programme is to establish sustainable end of life care education and training that enables the delivery of high quality care by: Increasing the number of individuals who have advance care plans in place; Increasing the number of individuals who die in their place of preference; Increasing the number of individuals who are allocated a key worker as they approach the end of their lives; and increasing the number individuals who are entered onto an EoL care pathway. The Programmes's progress to July 2013 is reported in respect of: governance; the managers and champions development programme; summary of effectiveness of managers’ and champions’ training; managers and champions networks; a resource guide; work with the Care Quality Commission and commissioners; and extending e-learnng. The project highlights that funding a development programme, networks, time spent with commissioners and CQC inspectors can help in improving end of life care and support to people, and assist in reducing the pressures on accident and emergency departments. This work was researched and compiled by Glenis Freeman of GJFreeman Ltd and Mareike Murray of Skills for Care. (Edited publisher abstract)
HSC 3048: Support individuals at the end of life: part 2
- Author:
- GREEN Danielle
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing and Residential Care, 15(7), 2013, pp.501-504.
- Publisher:
- MA Healthcare Ltd.
- Place of publication:
- London
The importance of advance care planning in end of life care within care homes is discussed. Areas covered include the importance of documenting and recording discussions, the benefits of advanced care planning, helping residents to retain autonomy and control, managing symptoms and avoiding a prolonged death. The article covers information required for the optional unit of the Health and Social Care Diploma level 3. (Original abstract)
Changing the care landscape
- Author:
- JONES Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 123(6355), 14 June 2013, pp.26-27..
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The quality of care given to people who are dying is one measure of how much a country values its population. The author looks at the principles and processes of Wales' latest plans to improve end of life care, which are outlined in 'Together for Health - Delivering End of Life Care'. The plan outlines the three main principles of delivery, sets key indicators to measure success, and stresses the importance of integration between the different parts of the NHS, with local government services, and third sector organisations if high quality services are to be delivered. (Original abstract)
MRC guidance on developing and evaluating complex interventions: application to research on palliative and end of life care
- Authors:
- EVANS Catherine J., et al
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 37
- Place of publication:
- London
This methods review examines the Medical Research Council’s Guidance on Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions (MRC GDECI) and its application to research on palliative and end of life care, and potential wider application to research on adult social care practice. The review is a resource for social care researchers, practitioners and managers, educationalists and students involved in developing and evaluating complex interventions, particularly new services or re-configurations of care and support for people at the end of life. The review examines the strengths and limitations of the MRC GDECI and offers recommendations for future use. It draws on research case examples, in particular the Methods of Researching End of Life Care (MORECare) project), which aimed to identify, appraise and synthesise ‘best practice’ to develop and evaluate palliative and end of life care with a particular focus on complex service delivery interventions. This review illustrates ways in which the MRC Guidance can and is used in research areas with ‘vulnerable’ people, the complexities associated with this, and ways to further the framework to address specific challenges. It thus serves as a resource for people who wish to promote robust research, and to facilitate social care practitioners’ engagement with evidence-based service improvements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Buddhist ethics and end-of-life care decisions
- Author:
- McCORMICK Andrew J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 9(2-3), 2013, pp.209-225.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Buddhism has grown in the United States in the past 50 years. Immigrants come following long traditions. American converts are more eclectic. The first Buddhist precept prohibiting harm to living things, the virtue of compassion, and the goal of a peaceful death provide guidance for ethical decision making regarding organ donation, withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, voluntary cessation of eating, physician aid in dying, and euthanasia. Concepts and views from three Buddhist traditions and views of master practitioners are presented. Case examples illustrate some of the differences within Buddhism. Suggestions for social workers are provided. (Publisher abstract)
Providing high-quality end-of-life care universally
- Authors:
- HENRY Claire, HAYES Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 109(33/34), 2013, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The National End of Life Care Programme was launched in November 2004, and has been instrumental in delivering the Department of Health's (2008) End-of-Life Care Strategy and the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence's (2011) Quality Standard for End of Life Care for Adults. End-of-life care now sits within the NHS Improving Quality. The authors discuss an overview of the programme's successes, challenges and priorities for the future. (Publisher abstract)
Divided in dying
- Author:
- COMPASSION IN DYING
- Publisher:
- Compassion in Dying
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
Does the recording of end-of-life treatment and care wishes make a difference to the quality of people's deaths? Compassion in Dying surveyed more than 2400 British adults who were asked to recall the experience of the last relative or close friend who had died. This report highlights the survey's key findings and makes recommendations for practice. The report finds that almost half of those who have lost someone close to them through a short or long illness, feel their loved one died badly (45%). In cases where the dying person had recorded end of life wishes, relatives and friends are more likely to report that they had a good death (58%). Other key aspects identified which could have also improved the situation for people who did not have a good death were: recording end of life wishes (19%); better communication between the doctor and their loved one (39%); co-ordination of care (33%); and being able to die in a place of their choice (31%). With the recent decision to replace the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) with personalised care plans, Compassion in Dying believes that this report reinforces the importance of advance care planning at the end of life, and the urgent need to put in place workable guidance as soon as possible. (Edited publisher abstract)