Living with Ageing and Dying

.Introduction
.Section 1 - What is Different about Dying in Old Age?
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1.International trends in circumstances of death and dying amongst older people
2.The care of older people at the end of life: an historical perspective
3.Anti-ageing and scientific avoidance of death
4.The challenges of health technology for ageing and dying
5.The disadvantaged dying: ageing, ageism and palliative care provision for older people in the UK
6.What do we know about the congruence between what older people prioritise at the end of life and policy and practices?
.Section 2 - What Can a Public Health Perspective Bring to Improving the End of Life Experience for Older People?
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7.Health promoting palliative care and dying in old age
8.User and community participation at the end of life
9.Advance care planning: international perspectives
10.New public health approaches to address diversity and end-of-life issues for older people?
11.Loss and bereavement in older age: developing community-based bereavement support
.Section 3 - Involving Carers at the End of Life
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12.The changing profile of the family caregivers of older people: a European perspective
13.Needs, access and support for older carers
14.Family carers, palliative care and the end-of-life
15.Costs of family caregiving
16.Workforce development: an international perspective on who will provide care
.Section 4 - The Significance of Place at the End of Life
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17.Place matters: an exploration of the role of physical environment in end of life care
18.Improving care for older people living and dying in long term care settings: a whole system approach
19.The development and implementation of evidence based palliative care guidelines for residential care: lessons for other countries
20.Improving environments for care at the end of life in hospitals
.Section 5 - Moving Forward: A Debate about Priorities for Research and Service Development
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21.End of life care for older people with dementia: Priorities for research and service development
22.Evidence, evidence and evidence: future priorities for research and service development in improving palliative care for older people
23.Priorities for research and service development in primary care to improve end-of-life for older people
24.Priorities for specialist palliative care: an Australian perspective
25.Inter-disciplinary perspectives
26.Workforce capacity issues: a New Zealand perspective