In the run up to Dying Matters Awareness Week 2018, Staffordshire’s Health and Wellbeing Board, alongside Together We're Better, have launched a campaign to encourage people to speak openly and honestly about death and dying and ensure their final wishes are known.
This paper examines the development and psychometric characteristics of three instruments about end of life, designed for use with adults with intellectual disability (ID). Respectively, the instruments assess understanding of the concept of death, end-of-life planning, and fear of death. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Palliative care is defined by the WHO2 as ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and …....To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Implications for practice and research:
1) Patient-related challenges in pain management were universal across settings, indicating a need for education and practice development at all care settings.
2) Nurse-related and organisational factors influencing pain management vary across different care settings, implying a need for different approaches to improve nurse–physician relations and learning opportunities.
3) Patient-related challenges imply a need for research on administration of medications among persons with dementia to ensure pain relief in end stage.
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We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…