Palliative care in chronic psycho-geriatrics: a case-study
| Autor: | T.J.E.M Bakker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Geriatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Terminal Care Palliative care business.industry Mental Disorders education Palliative Care Psychological intervention Social environment Cognition General Medicine humanities Nursing Intervention (counseling) Family medicine Medicine Humans Female business Nursing homes Curative care Aged |
| Zdroj: | Patient education and counseling. 41(1) |
| ISSN: | 0738-3991 |
| Popis: | In this case-study the relevance of psycho-social interventions for providing palliative care in the terminal phase of life of psycho-geriatric patients with functional-psychiatric co-pathology is described. The know-how, interventions and facilities such as available in a reactivation unit in a ‘psychiatric-skilled’ Dutch nursing home, were highly relevant to tune palliative care to the needs and abilities of the patient. The application of the four main-dimensions of the method of Dynamic System Analysis (particularly Cognitive functions, Psychological functions, Social context and Biology) can stimulate professionals to use an integral perspective both to the psycho-social needs of terminal psycho-geriatric patients and their relatives and to the biological aspects. To establish the value of the DSA method for providing palliative care to psycho-geriatric patients with functional-psychiatric co-pathology scientific research is recommended to determine the prognostic profile of patients who benefit most from an actual palliative care program. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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