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Supporting people who have dementia to die with dignity

22 June 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article highlights some of the key themes and challenges in the empirical, policy and clinical literature on end-of-life care for people with dementia. It is...

Parkinson’s disease, palliative care and older people: part 2

01 April 2004

Nursing Older People

CPD

In the second of two articles on palliative care for people with Parkinson’s disease, the authors consider other aspects of care relevant to this complex stage. They...

Parkinson’s disease, palliative care and older people: part 1

01 March 2004

Nursing Older People

CPD

In the first of two articles on palliative care for people with Parkinson’s disease, the authors revise the common features of the disease, its different stages and...

Caring for people with end-stage dementia

25 March 2010

Nursing Older People

CPD

This article considers the role of palliative care in the management of patients with dementia. It aims to broaden the knowledge of nurses providing general care as...

How nurses can help ease patient transitions to end of life care

01 October 2013

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

Moving from curative to palliative care is often difficult for patients, families and healthcare providers, because hospice or end of life care can be seen as a...

End-of-Iife care for patients with dementia

01 March 2008

Nursing Older People

Care

Studies have shown that people with dementia receive sub-optimal end-of-life care (McCarthy et al, 1997; Morrison and Siu 2000; Mitchell et al, 2004). The National...

Older people’s experiences of cancer pain: a qualitative study

30 June 2017

Nursing Older People

Evidence & practice

Aim To consider how the older person constructs the experience of cancer pain and how this is informed by expectations and experiences. Method Nine older people with...

How to improve end of life care in acute hospitals

23 September 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article highlights the need to improve care for older people dying in acute hospitals. It discusses the role that nurses have to play in promoting better care...

End of life care: a rapid response hospice at home service

29 May 2010

Nursing Older People

Feature

In line with recommendations in the Department of Health’s 2008 End of Life Care Strategy to enable people to die at home, the charity Sue Ryder Care piloted a rapid...

Palliative care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

01 May 2011

Nursing Older People

CPD

This article considers the place of palliative and end of life care in the management of people with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...

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