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Palliative role in dementia
- Author:
- PITT Vern
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.4.10, 2010, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With funding from the King's Fund, the care and supported housing provider Housing 21 began a two year pilot for a Dementia Voice nurse service in Westminster to tackle the neglect of dementia patients' end-of-life needs. This article looks at the role of the Dementia Voice nurse appointed and the results from the pilot so far. The pilot ends in December 2010.
Promoting excellence in pain management and palliative care for social workers
- Authors:
- OTIS-GREEN Shirley, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 4(2), October 2008, pp.120-134.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Social workers may lack the necessary skills for effective pain management and to address the psychosocial needs of seriously ill patients and their families. Promoting Excellence in Pain Management and Palliative Care for Social Workers was conceived as an annual national educational program designed to enhance the core skills necessary to equip social work professionals with these skills. A pilot one-day course was run in 2006 and responding to feedback from that pilot was expanded in 2007 to a two-day course. Objectives included: Identifying key aspects of quality pain and symptom management including non-traditional and culturally diverse strategies, Linking the four domains (physical, social, psychological, spiritual) of quality end-of-life care to social work practice, Discussing the importance of the social work role in completing a comprehensive bio-psychosocial-spiritual assessment, Identifying interventions appropriate for social workers to use in the palliative care setting and exploring various advocacy strategies to promote excellence in pain management and palliative care within participants’ settings. A 500 page course syllabus was included for each participant. Feedback from participants was consistently positive, with 92% saying that they would be interested in attending the course again in the future, and that they appreciated that the training was designed specifically for social workers.
Guidance on: the assessment of pain in older people
- Authors:
- BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publishers:
- British Pain Society, British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The British Pain Society has worked with the British Geriatrics Society and the Royal College of Physicians to produce new concise guidance on 'The assessment of pain in older people'. The guidelines have been developed to provide: recommendations in simple and clear terms for assessing pain in all older people; several types of scales that can be photocopied and used to assist in assessments, to monitor progress and evaluate the effect of treatment; and an algorithm for simple implementation of the guidance.
Pain in residential aged care facilities: management strategies
- Author:
- AUSTRALIAN PAIN SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Australian Pain Society
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- North Sydney, NSW
An Implementation Kit to accompany The Australian Pain Society's Pain in Residential Aged Care Facilities: Management strategies
Pain in older people and people with dementia: a practice guide
- Authors:
- MCCLEAN W., CUNNINGHAM C.
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
In general, the pain relief needs of older people with dementia are not adequately met. The aim of this research was to determine whether the same unsatisfactory treatment also applies to people with learning difficulties who have dementia and, if so, to make recommendations for improving practice. The research team was based at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, and the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling. The researchers sought to develop an understanding of how older people with learning difficulties and dementia experience pain and to explore how these are managed. The team interviewed and observed people with learning difficulties and dementia, support staff and other professionals involved in their care and treatment.
Palliative care 3: using palliative nursing skills in clinical practice
- Author:
- BECKER Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 21.4.09, 2009, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Implementing a philosophy of care which emphasises quality of life, holism, futility and family involvement and sees death as the natural end of life is a challenge for nurses in current complex health care environments. This article explores the practice-based reality of using palliative approach in multiple settings and the challenges in such care. It covers organising and managing care and nursing priorities when providing palliative care.
Pain in older people: reflections and experiences from an older person's perspective
- Authors:
- KUMAR Arun, ALLCOCK Nick
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Hospitals and healthcare providers who leave older people languishing in pain should be penalised, according to three fifths (62 per cent) of GB adults. The new research also found nearly half the adult population (47 per cent) are not confident that health professionals can alleviate pain in older people effectively. According to this report, nearly five million people aged 65 and over are in some degree of pain or discomfort. The Charity is warning that implicit ageism and patchy services mean older people are often deprived of dignity and left in excruciating pain. Help the Aged is calling for the Department of Health to recognise pain in older people as an urgent public health issue by making assessment of the way healthcare providers manage pain compulsory.
Being mindful, easing suffering: reflections on palliative care
- Author:
- JOHNS Christopher
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 272p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author describes how he has combined traditional medical, and more reflective models in his palliative practice, enabling him to work mindfully to alleviate physical and non-physical pain and suffering throughout the health-illness cycle. With reference to ideas from Buddhist philosophy around compassion and reflective knowing, this important book shows how the core task of those working in palliative care is to nurture the spiritual growth and development of their patients and, in turn, themselves.
Opinions toward pain management and palliative care: comparison between HIV specialists and oncologists
- Authors:
- PERETTI-WATEL P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 16(5), July 2004, pp.619-627.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Despite the introduction of HAART, pain is still a common symptom in people living with HIV/AIDS. For these persons, pain management supplied by palliative care teams may support standard HIV care. This study compares opinions toward palliative care of 83 HIV specialists and 217 oncologists (French national survey: Palliative Care 2002). Data were collected by phone questionnaire. A cluster analysis was carried out in order to identify contrasted profiles of opinions toward palliative care. A logistic regression was performed to test the relationships between identified clusters and physicians' characteristics. With a two-cluster partition, we observed a profile corresponding to a restrictive conception of palliative care. Within this profile, physicians were more prone to consider that palliative care should be used only for terminally-ill patients, and only after all curative treatments have failed, with a restrained prescriptive power for physicians providing palliative care. This conception was associated with reluctance toward morphine analgesia. Once controlled for other physicians' characteristics, HIV specialists were more likely than oncologists to endorse this restrictive conception (OR=1.9, CI95% [1.1; 3.3]). Thus French HIV specialists should be more informed about the utility of providing palliative care, even for patients who are not in terminal stage.
Cancer pain relief: with a guide to opioid availability
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 69p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
The first edition of this book proposed a method for relief of cancer pain, based on a small number of relatively inexpensive drugs, including morphine. Field testing in a number of countries demonstrated the efficacy of the method in most cancer patients. The second edition takes into account may of the advances in understanding and practice that have occurred since the mid-1980s. Stresses throughout the importance of undertaking pain relief as part of comprehensive palliative care.