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End of Life Care for People with Dementia: A Person-Centred Approach
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Middleton-Green, Laura Chatterjee, Jane Russell, Sarah Downs, Murna G. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | There are currently 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this number is expected to rise over the coming years. Dementia is predominantly a disease of the elderly, who are more likely to suffer co-morbidities and have a need to access health and social care for a variety of reasons including those associated with their dementia. This means that the majority of those who work in health and social care will have frequent contact with people with dementia. There is a lack of robust evidence on which to base end of life care in those dying with dementia. This is, in part, due to methodological and ethical difficulties in undertaking research with this vulnerable patient population. However, the authors explain that this lack of evidence does not mean that we do not know what constitutes best practice. Throughout the book, case examples from clinical practice and international innovative service development are drawn on in order to describe the many and varied ways in which professionals working in this difficult but rewarding area of practice are able to strive to continually improve the quality of life until death for those affected by dementia. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://bjll.org/index.php/ejpch/article/download/1320/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
