It is not
designed to be read as a stand alone document, or to be prescriptive on an individual
patient’s care, rather it provides a set of key considerations for staff in end-of-life care. ]]> Dying in Ireland an Assessment of the Quality of Care in the Last Week of Life]]> The audit reveals a picture where admissions to hospital
are typically unplanned and uncoordinated and where there is great variability in the
quality of care offered to patients with different conditions. At the same time, every
effort is made to allow patients die in a single room despite resource constraints, and
to facilitate relatives to be with the patient as much as possible right to the end.]]> provide practical advice and prompts along the end-of-life journey. It is not designed to be
read as a stand alone document, or to be prescriptive on an individual patient’s care, rather it
provides a set of key considerations for staff in end-of-life care. ]]> provide practical advice and prompts along the end-of-life journey. It is not designed to be
read as a stand alone document, or to be prescriptive on an individual patient’s care, rather it
provides a set of key considerations for staff in end-of-life care. ]]> of end-of-life care that people can expect in a hospital hospitals in terms of service
provision, support and quality of care and identify the essential elements that need to be
in place to ensure a consistent quality approach to end of life care across the hospital
setting, whether death is sudden or expected. ]]> emergency departments. The first study was carried out by clinicians in an
emergency department and the second study retrospectively examined reasons
for admissions from the perspective of three community hospitals.
]]> The Seminar took place on April 17, 2008 in Croke Park Seminar Centre, Dublin.
ItI attracted over 100 delegates from across the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Delegates included policy-makers in the fields of health and in particular in the area of palliative care; planners and providers of services for older people; planners and
providers of health at a national and regional level; older people, representatives of older people and carers; and researchers with an interest in ageing, service planning
and quality of life issues.]]> Charles Normand.]]>