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The route to success in end of life care: achieving quality in domiciliary care
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
This guide is intended to support domiciliary care organisations and their staff to engage with key professionals in ensuring that those who may be in the last months of life receive high quality end-of-life care. The guide may also be useful to health professionals who work or link with care staff in clarifying what measures need to be taken to ensure that people can access appropriate care. It also provides further information on the role of care staff in the end-of-life care arena. The guide follows the 6 steps of the end-of-life care pathway, beginning with initiating discussions as end-of-life approaches and concluding with care after death. For each stage, the document provides a ‘Questions for your organisation’ section about the whole organisation, and a ‘Your role – as a care worker’ section which is intended for the individual care worker. In addition, top tips and quality markers are identified to offer some best practice tips and links to the relevant quality markers identified for good end-of-life care.
End of life care in extra care housing
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publisher:
- National Council for Palliative Care
This is an updated version of the End of Life Care Learning Resource Pack, which provides practical information and advice for managers and support staff working in extra care housing schemes. It covers a range of issues relating to the care of residents with a life-limiting or progressive condition. (Publisher abstract)
End of life care in extra care housing: learning resource pack for housing, care and support staff
- Authors:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. National End of Life Care Programme, HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK, INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE UK
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- London
Extra care housing generally comprises homely, purpose-built independent housing units that feature common spaces, facilities and flexible care services for older people. This is an updated version of the End of Life Care Learning Resource Pack, first published in 2009 (by Housing 21), which provides practical information (including case studies and "top tips") and advice for managers and support staff working in extra care housing schemes. The pack covers a range of issues relating to the care of residents with a life-limiting or progressive condition. Topics covered include: identifying opportunities to start talking about end of life care; the core end of life path care pathway; diversity issues such as care of the body after death; and people's capacity to make decisions as their condition deteriorates. (Edited publisher abstract)
End of life care: learning resource pack: information and resources for housing care and support staff in extra care housing
- Authors:
- HOUSING 21, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publisher:
- Housing 21
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- Beaconsfield
This resource pack is for anyone who is caring for or giving support to someone with a life limiting condition in an extra care housing setting. This includes people with any chronic condition such as heart failure or respiratory problems as well as people with dementia. It offers advice on simple things that staff can do, questions that should be addressed and helps to identify how and when to access specialist help.