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A big thanks to the @GSFCentre team for a great event today which provided some excellent insights into end of life care #EoLC See the highlights from today via #GSFConf19
Compassionate Care - Workshop Questions... #GSFConf19
Despite there being three times the number of care home beds compared to NHS acute beds, rarely do you see any student placements other than nursing #GSFConf19
Further evidence that intergenerational iniatives have wonderful outcomes for care home residents #GSFConf19
Tom Kitwood's 'Flower of emotional needs'. Vital that we also ensure there is a supportive environment for staff to ensure retention #GSFConf19
Care homes play an important part of care for the older population and there are some major challenges that need to be addressed including high turnover of staff #GSFConf19
Researchers predict that over the next 20 years 'population ageing' alone will increase the disabled older population by over 80% #GSFConf19
BGS End of Life Care Co-Lead @premzf presents @GSFCentre Accreditation Awards for Community Hospitals #GSFConf19
@ShirlHall talking about the work that @ExtraCareOrgUk has been doing. - being trained in the @GSFCentre approach to end of life care. #GSFConf19
Ellie Pyemont from @ARCOtweets and Shirley Hall from @ExtraCareOrgUk discuss the role of retirement villages in proactive planning for ageing well #GSFConf19
@delirious_dr Agree, need to get a balanced approach, considering best decisions with patients / carers - using a wider range of factors. Risk of focus on the transfer of the problem rather than the deep understanding of it. #GSFConf19
Fiona Widdowson discusses 'Goldline' in AWC and Bradford which is a nurse led 24/7 telephone service providing end of life advice and support #GSFConf19
The need for quality end of life care is great; cost estimated as a third of NHS budget and there will be 25% increase in deaths in the next 20 years #GSFConf19
Begin with the end in mind! If we want to know we are having an impact, we need to systematically measure experience #GSFConf19
People with an Advanced Care Plan have better outcomes including more likely to die in preferred place, better symptom control and better overall quality of care #GSFConf19
In group of terminally ill cancer patients, 86% had a will but only 27% had an Advanced Care Plan #GSFConf19
'Place of preferred death' in relation to what is perceived as important to 'a good death' Place not as important as 'pain relief' and 'burden to family' #GSFConf19
What sort of things are we measuring? Are they the 'right things' or just the things that are easy to measure? #GSFConf19
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