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Guidelines for a Palliative Approac
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NHMRC APPROVAL These guidelines wer
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4 ADVANCE CARE PLANNING 55 4.1 Impl
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16 MANAGEMENT’S ROLE IN IMPLEMENT
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17 Ann and Mr Wells’ family Helpi
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IMPORTANT NOTICE On 8 December 2005
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achieved for these guidelines from
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facets of a palliative approach are
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Additional levels of evidence The N
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Guidelines Ref No. Evidence level A
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Guidelines Ref No. Evidence Cachexi
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Guidelines Ref No. Evidence Anxiety
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Guidelines Ref No. Evidence 70. Und
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1.1.1 Aims The aims of the systemat
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Table 1: Search terms Terms Aborigi
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1.1.5 Exclusion Criteria Although t
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in the methodology that may invalid
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To ensure the reliability of the re
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1.2.2 Methodology When the first re
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1.4.2 Method When feedback was requ
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Several Working Party members conve
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All the feedback received was colla
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CHAPTER 2 A PALLIATIVE APPROACH A s
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• Profound weakness • Trouble s
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• Has the resident had a recent d
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in the RACF rather than transferrin
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palliative care teams is more appro
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or ageing progression (see Table 4)
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Table 7: A practical model of socia
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Vignette 2: Robert’s story Robert
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CHAPTER 4 ADVANCE CARE PLANNING Car
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efore discussing the advance care p
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CHAPTER 5 ADVANCED DEMENTIA Advance
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A study was conducted to investigat
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5.3.2 Acute illness One study found
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Vignette 5: Anna’s story Anna was
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(see Fainsinger, Miller and Bruera
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Dame Cicely Saunders first describe
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Table 8: Common myths about pain ma
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6.2.4 Breakthrough pain The term
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Pain can lead to behavioural change
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Vignette 7: Mrs Harris’ story Mrs
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examined the addition of paracetamo
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provision and storage of drugs, whe
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successfully tested predominantly w
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The reasons for malnutrition in old
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The diets of residents should also
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To assist in such a discussion, a d
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appear until dehydration is far adv
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Guideline: Hydration 24. Recommenda
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6.7 NAUSEA AND VOMITING Nausea is t
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• Do you have any problem control
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6.9.1 Assessment A thorough oral as
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6.10 SKIN INTEGRITY The major skin
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Wounds can occur in residents for a
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Brocklehurst and colleagues (1999)
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medication treatment along with non
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• CAM therapies may be culturally
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word games, the present day, and fa
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CHAPTER 7 PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT A r
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7.1.1 Death statements and depressi
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the factor structure of the CSDD. I
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7.2.2 Management Non-pharmacologica
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Table 17: Distinguishing delirium f
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is recognised that in many rural an
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important [305] (Level QE). Familie
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8.4 FAMILY INVOLVEMENT The role of
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CHAPTER 9 SOCIAL SUPPORT, INTIMACY
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Rather than denying the existence o
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9.2.2 Management Imaginative progra
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Guideline: Social Support Social Su
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CHAPTER 11 CULTURAL ISSUES Australi
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11.2 Assessment The best approach t
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CHAPTER 12 SPIRITUAL SUPPORT Dein a
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Vignette 13: Jack’s story Jack wa
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Guideline: Spiritual Support 68. A
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interpersonal and leadership skills
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CHAPTER 14 END-OF-LIFE (TERMINAL) C
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mood (61%), constipation (59%) and
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e relevant, and may even worsen sym
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Treatment involves changes in posit
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14.5 PREPARING FOR IMMINENT DEATH
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education of the aged care team and
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Table 21: Grief, loss and bereaveme
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Vignette 18: Reflections When provi
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may have been able to contribute to
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CHAPTER 16 Management’s role in i
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