Palliative Care for Older People

PART I Palliative Care for Older People : An introduction 1: Gwenda Albers, Sandra Martins Pereira, Bregje Onwuteaka-Pchilipsen, Luc Deliens, Roeline Pasman, Lieve Van den Block: A public health perspective to palliative care for older people: An introduction PART II Organization of and policies for palliative care for older people 2: Zeynep Güldem Ökem: Long-term Care Systems 3: Katherine Froggatt and Hazel Morbey: Development of palliative care in long-term care 4: Hubertus Vrijhoef and Liesbeth Borgermans: Development of integrated person-centred care in long-term care 5: Richard Harding, Richard A. Powell and Liz Gwyther: Policies on palliative care for older people in Africa 6: Cynthia Goh, Sumytra Menon and Noreen Chan: Policies on palliative care for older people in Asia 7: David Currow and Jane Phillips: Policies on palliative care for older people in Australia 8: Carlos Centeno, José Miguel Carrasco, Kathrin Woitha and Eduardo Garralda: Policies on palliative care for older people in Europe 9: Katherine Ornstein and Diane Meier: Policies on palliative care for older people in North America 10: Liliana De Lima, Lilian Hidalgo, Rocío Morante and Jose Parodi: Policies on palliative care for older people in Latin America and the Caribbean PART III Socio-cultural and clinical context of dying in old age 11: Joachim Cohen and Merryn Gott: Dying in place in old age: public health challenges 12: Symptoms and trajectories experienced by older people approaching and at the end of life: Implications to care: Symptoms and trajectories experienced by older people approaching and at the end of life: Implications to care 13: Agnes van der Heide and Kenneth Chambaere: End-of-life decisions for older patients who are approaching death 14: Jennifer Shaw and Margaret Battin: Ethical issues in palliative care for older people 15: Marjolein Gysels: Cultural issues in palliative care for older people 16: Marie-José Gijsberts: Spirituality and spiritual palliative care in older people PART IV Use and access of palliative care for older people 17: Thomas Carroll and Timothy Quill: Use of generalist and specialist palliative care for older people 18: Allan Kellehear: Compassionate communities: Caring for older people towards the end of life 19: Ladislav Volicer, Noorhazlina Binte Ali and Joyce Simard: Palliative care for older people with dementia 20: Hazel Morbey and Sheila Payne: Ladislav Volicer, Noorhazlina Binte Ali and Joyce Simard 21: Ruth Piers, Nele Van Den Noortgate and Andre Vyt: Collaboration between professionals as a necessary condition for palliative care 22: Kristian Pollock and Jane Seymour: Communication and advanced care planning (ACP) in older people PART V Innovations in palliative care for older people 23: Anne-Sophie Parent: EU civil society initiatives to protect the right to live and die in dignity 24: Clare Gardiner, Tony Ryan, Merryn Gott and Christine Ingleton: Care pathways for older people in need of palliative care 25: A program for advance care planning for older people: Respecting Patient Choices: A program for advance care planning for older people: Respecting Patient Choices PART V Conclusion: What does a public health approach to improving palliative care in older people look like? 26: Sandra Martins Pereira, Gwenda Albers, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Luc Deliens, Roeline Pasman, Lieve Van den Block: A public health approach to improving palliative care for older people Index