Palliative culture in the stationary care for the elderly

Nursing homes are challenged by a significant change in the patient-structure. To care for dying elderly people means to enable them to live in dignity till the end. Helpful therefore is to implement Palliative Care into existing structures. This requires personal and organizational learning and dev...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 2003-10, Vol.36 (5), p.360-365
Main Authors: Heller, A, Dinges, S, Heimerl, K, Reitinger, E, Wegleitner, K
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Aged
Attitude to Death
Forecasting
Germany
Grief
Homes for the Aged - organization & administration
Homes for the Aged - trends
Hospice Care - organization & administration
Hospice Care - trends
Humans
Nursing Homes - organization & administration
Nursing Homes - trends
Palliative Care - organization & administration
Palliative Care - trends
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Patient Care Team - trends
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Summary:Nursing homes are challenged by a significant change in the patient-structure. To care for dying elderly people means to enable them to live in dignity till the end. Helpful therefore is to implement Palliative Care into existing structures. This requires personal and organizational learning and development. The first step is to make central differences and contradictions visible und communicable. We describe three organizational types which leads into different core-processes. Organizational measures supporting the development of a palliative culture and indicators of successful implementation are presented.
ISSN:0948-6704
DOI:10.1007/s00391-003-0175-0