Living with Ageing and Dying – Palliative and End of Life Care for Older People

Abstract

Introduction SECTION 1 - WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT DYING IN OLD AGE? 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? 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 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 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 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