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9780826119254

Improving Nursing Home Care of the Dying: A Training Manual for Nursing Home Staff

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826119254

  • ISBN10:

    0826119255

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-01
  • Publisher: Springer Pub Co

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Summary

Univ. of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill. Text discusses the methods for improving the care of nursing home residents receiving palliative care. Discusses recognizing the final phase of life, grief and loss, advanced care planning, choices about eating and drinking, pain management, and emotional and spiritual care. For nurses. Softcover

Author Biography

Kimberly Reynolds serves as director of the Project to Improve End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xii
Notes for the Facilitator xiii
Envisioning a Good Death
1(4)
Recognizing the Final Phase of Life
5(12)
Grief and Loss: Understanding and Supporting Families
17(8)
Advance Care Planning
25(11)
Choices About Eating and Drinking
36(9)
Pain Management
45(16)
Emotional and Spiritual Care
61(13)
Caring for the Caregiver: Taking Care of Yourself Emotionally
74(7)
References 81(8)
Appendix A Prognostic Guidelines 89(6)
Appendix B Approaches to Pain Assessment and Treatment 95(24)
Appendix C Advance Care Planning Booklet for Nursing Home Residents 119(10)
Appendix D Advance Care Planning Booklet for Families of Nursing Home Residents 129(11)
Appendix E Participant Handouts 140

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