Aged Care

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Older People

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Older People

Many nurses work in settings where they are caring for older people. This may be in specialist palliative care facilities, in hospitals, aged care facilities or in other community settings. Those working with older people would consider much of their work to be in the area of palliative care.

Information is also available on:

Residential Aged Care Facilities
Dementia Care

Resources

CareSearch has information on relevant projects within the National Palliative Care Program. Many of these projects have information and resources that may be of interest.

Australian Palliative Care in Aged Care Project (APRAC)
Community Palliative Aged Care Project (COMPAC)
Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in Residential Aged Care (CEBPARAC)
The Caring Communities program had projects relating to Aged care and to Aged care Facilities
The Local Palliative Care Grants program Round 3 had projects relating to Care Planning, some of which are in Aged care

Other resources include

Cancer Australia Cancer Learning website has a Geriatric page
The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZGM) has position statements some that relate to palliative care
Palliative Care Australia has conference presentations from the ‘Together 2009’ national conference, including Aged care

Related CareSearch Pages

Nurses Hub

Nurses Providing Palliative Care

General Resources

For Patients and Families

Older People

GP Pages

Aged resources

CareSearch DVDs
Aged Care Issues: Nurses working in Aged Care speak of issues they face

Free Full Text Article

Detering KM, Hancock AD, Reade MC, Silvester W. The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2010 Mar 23;340:c1345. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1345.

References

Rigby J, Payne S, Froggatt K. Review: what evidence is there about the specific environmental needs of older people who are near the end of life and are cared for in hospices or similar institutions? A literature review. Palliat Med. 2010 Apr;24(3):268-85. Epub 2009 Nov 19.
Allen S, Chapman Y, O'Connor M, Francis, K. Discourses associated with nursing aged people who are dying in the Australian context: a review of the literature. Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Sep;55(3):349-54.
Matzo M. The universal nursing obligation. All gerontological care is palliative care. J Gerontol Nurs. 2008 Jul;34(7):3-4.
Hallberg IR. Palliative care as a framework for older people's long-term care. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2006 May;12(5):224-9.

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