Palliative Care and Aged Care

Prelims: Dedication, Foreword, Preface, About the Authors and Contents
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This chapter discusses a range of views on where and how care should be provided to older people who are dying. It also identifies important commonalities in hope that they will be utilised to develop more effective care systems...
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This chapter provides an overview of some of the major responsibilities of management in the care of older persons who are dying. It outlines policies, standards of care and procedures and offers advice on staff recruitment...
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This chapter provides an overview of palliative care and describes the palliative approach that is being recommended for all aged care facilities in Australia...
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This chapter emphasises the importance of spending time in a well planned meeting with an older person and/or the person’s family to provide them with choices at the end of life...
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This chapter discusses the varying degrees of ethical decisions aged-care professionals are faced with at the end of a life they are caring for. It identifies many of the main concerns and provides case studies to highlight the points raised...
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This chapter discusses the common physical signs and symptoms of older persons who are dying. It looks at various types of patients and how they should be cared for...
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This chapter explores aged‐care workers’ responsibility to ensure that their knowledge and skills in respect to the care of people with dementia are in accordance with best practice...
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This chapter describes some of the many forms of complementary care that can be provided to an older person who is dying. It also discusses complementary care as an important component of total care and not just an ‘optional extra’...
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This chapter emphasises the importance of the family in providing support to an older person who is dying. It describes the aim of family support and how it facilitates holistic care of the highest quality at the end of an older person’s life...
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This chapter addresses important issues surrounding the time of death. Basic advice and guidelines are given to ensure that an appropriate and sensitive environment is provided for the staff, other residents and family members...
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This chapter gives a general overview of the resources that are available to assist older people who are approaching the ends of their lives, and those who care for them...
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End Matter: Index and References
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