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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The provision of palliative care in nursing homes and residential care homes: A survey of clinical nurse specialist work.
AU - Froggatt, Katherine A.
AU - Poole, Karen
AU - Hoult, Lizzy
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Social Work and Social Policy & Administration
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - The provision of end-of-life care within nursing and residential care homes is of concern to policy makers and specialist palliative care providers. There is evidence of an increasing number of initiatives involving clinical nurse specialists (CNS) with the care of residents within these care settings, but the extent to which this is occurring in the UK has not been documented. A survey of 730 community CNS in palliative care was undertaken to describe the extent to which these practitioners are involved with the care of residents in nursing and residential care homes and the nature of this work. Although 92% of the CNS surveyed had worked with nursing homes and 80% of the CNS with residential care homes, the responses showed that this work was primarily reactive and undertaken infrequently. The majority of the work undertaken by CNS involved caring for patients with malignant conditions with a clinical focus addressing the management of physical symptoms.
AB - The provision of end-of-life care within nursing and residential care homes is of concern to policy makers and specialist palliative care providers. There is evidence of an increasing number of initiatives involving clinical nurse specialists (CNS) with the care of residents within these care settings, but the extent to which this is occurring in the UK has not been documented. A survey of 730 community CNS in palliative care was undertaken to describe the extent to which these practitioners are involved with the care of residents in nursing and residential care homes and the nature of this work. Although 92% of the CNS surveyed had worked with nursing homes and 80% of the CNS with residential care homes, the responses showed that this work was primarily reactive and undertaken infrequently. The majority of the work undertaken by CNS involved caring for patients with malignant conditions with a clinical focus addressing the management of physical symptoms.
KW - homes for the aged • nursing • nursing homes • palliative care
U2 - 10.1191/0269216302pm592oa
DO - 10.1191/0269216302pm592oa
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 481
EP - 487
JO - Palliative Medicine
JF - Palliative Medicine
SN - 1477-030X
IS - 6
ER -