What is an end of life strategy?
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What is an end of life strategy?
The end-of-life strategy launched this month by the Department of Health outlines how patients should be cared for to ensure they experience a ‘good death’ (DH, 2008). It points out that ‘how we care for the dying is an indicator of how we care for all sick and vulnerable people’.
How does the end-of-life care Strategy define a good death?
Being person-centred The national End of Life Care Strategy for England [18] defines ‘a good death’ as: being treated as an individual, with dignity and respect. being without pain and other symptoms. being in familiar surroundings.
What are the 5 priorities of end-of-life care in England?
The five priorities focus on: recognising that someone is dying; communicating sensitively with them and their family; involving them in decisions; supporting them and their family; and creating an individual plan of care that includes adequate nutrition and hydration.
What is the decision making at the end of life?
ELDs are medical decisions made at the end of life that may have a potentially life-shortening effect. Decision-making processes underlying ELDs are embedded-in and foster clinical, ethical, sociocultural, religious, political, and economic concerns.
What are end of life strategies and why are they used in palliative care?
End of life and palliative care aims to help you if you have a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. The focus of this type of care is managing symptoms and providing comfort and assistance. This includes help with emotional and mental health, spiritual and social needs.
What are 5 principles of palliative care?
Overview.
What are the main aims in end of life care?
End of life care aims to support a person in the later stages of a life-limiting condition to live as well as possible until they die. It aims to enable the person to die in the way that they would have wanted, giving priority to the things that matter most to them.
What are the ethical issues in end-of-life care?
Common end-of-life ethical problems
- Broken communication.
- Compromised patient autonomy.
- Poor symptom management.
- Shared decision-making.
What are the pillars of palliative care?
Principles of palliative care
- Communication: Setting goals – discussing realistic goals, how to achieve, how to record.
- The general principles of symptom diagnosis and assessment.
- Pain control – diagnosis, assessment, analgesic ladder, routes of administration, dispelling opioid myths and misunderstandings.
How does the care Act 2014 relate to end-of-life care?
The Care Act 2014 sets the legal framework for councils with social care responsibilities to support individuals nearing the end of their lives along with their families and carers. The first national end of life care programme was established in 2004 and the first national strategy in 2008.
What are the ethical dilemmas in end-of-life care?
During EOL care, ethical dilemmas may arise from situations such as communication breakdowns, patient autonomy being compromised, ineffective symptom management, non-beneficial care, and shared decision making.
What is holistic end-of-life care?
Holistic assessment is about the physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs of a person at the end of life. 2. Holistic assessment can result in a plan which records the wishes and decisions of a person at the end of life. This may be useful for family and everyone involved in their care.
