sábado, 25 de mayo de 2013

PALIATIVE CARES

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems (WHO, 2005).

The goal of the geriatric palliative cares is care to the chronical and fragile elderly to relieve pain and suffering, giving them the best possible quality of life.

The palliatives cares are given to people in situation where there is no cure.


Needs of the Geriatric Palliative Care Patient:
  • Continuity and coordination of care that responds to episodic and long-term chronic diseases and the management of multiple chronic illnesses
  • Maintaining functional independence as possible
  • Decision regarding care and the risk versus benefit of treatment
  • Pain and symptom control
  • Home support for family caregivers
  • Community resource information

Nursing have an important role in palliative cares because a nurse spend a lot of time near patients, more than the doctor and they are the indicate persons to help to patients to express their feelings and be they feel safe in their last moments


Its very important the psychological area in this kind of patients, not only the physical condition.

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