End of life care
In this tutorial you will learn:
- What end of life care means
- What end of life care involves
- That for care workers end of life care is a practical matter
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘End of life care’ on the NHS website
- ‘Understanding death and dying’ on the Hospice UK website
- ‘Planning ahead’ on the Hospice UK website
- ‘End of life care and human rights: A practitioners guide’ by the British Institute of Human Rights and Sue Ryder
- ‘Faith at end of life: A resource for professionals, providers and commissioners working in communities’ by Public Health England
- ‘End of life care for adults: service delivery’ by NICE
- ‘Care of dying adults in the last days of life’ by NICE
- ‘End of life care for infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions: planning and management' by NICE
- ‘Palliative care – Knowledge zone' on the Marie Curie website
- ‘End of life care' on the SCIE website
- ‘Getting it right every time' on the Royal College of Nursing website
- ‘Professional resources' on the End of Life Care website
- ‘A different ending: End of life care review’ on the CQC website
- ‘Good end of life care in care homes’ from My Home Life
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation ‘Good end of life care’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Legal and ethical issues around end of life care in dementia’ by Hospice UK.
- Click to launch this lesson’s third presentation on ‘Theories around loss & Bereavement’ by the NHS Sheffield Teaching Hospital.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read these documents on ‘The role of care homes in end of life care’ by Public Health England.
- Click to read ‘What’s important to me. A Review of Choice in End of Life Care’ by The Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board.
- Click to read ‘Dying well community charter pathfinder project’ by The National Council for Palliative Care.
- ‘3rd Edition of Care After Death: Registered Nurse Verification of Expected Adult Death (RNVoEAD) guidance’. The aim of this guidance and the accompanying competency assessment tool is to provide a framework for the timely verification of expected adult deaths by experienced (assessed as competent), registered nurses.
- Click to read ‘Ethical Issues - End of life decisions’ on the UK Clinical Ethics Network website.
- Click to access these resources on ‘Legal issues’ from Age UK.
- Click to find an easy read guide for relatives and loved ones of someone who has passed away ‘Information after someone dies in NHS care’ by the NHS.
- ‘Palliative and end of life care’ collection on the Gov UK website.
- ‘Ambitions for palliative and end of life care: A national framework for local action 2015-2020' by the National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership. The National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership is a group of national organisations with experience of, and responsibility for, end of life care. Its members have come together to produce a framework to improve palliative and end of life care in the UK.
- ‘One chance to get it right' by the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People. Click to read about improving people’s experience of care in the last few days and hours of life.
- This is a summary of evidence for the ‘Gold Standards Framework Care Homes (GSFCH) Training programme’.
- Think And Challenge
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