Nursing homes are a setting in which death and dying is common. How death and dying is
articulated and the actions that take place in a nursing home constitute a discourse that …

Nursing homes are often places where older persons “come to die.” Despite this, death and
dying are seldom articulated or talked about. The aim of this study was to explore assistant …

dwyer l.‐l., hansebo g., andershed b. & ternestedt b.‐m.(2010) Nursing home residents'
views on dying and death: nursing home employee's perspective. International Journal of …

Few studies shed light on what older people themselves consider a good or dignified death.
This study is part of a larger project where interviews were used to follow 12 nursing home …

Aims. The overall aim of this study was to gain knowledge about how nursing staff treat and
communicate with residents who talk about death and about their reasons for their treatment …

Glaser and Strauss reported decades ago that in order for a person to be treated as dying,
he/she must be defined as dying. Defining nursing home residents as “dying” can be …

Background: Caring for dying people can contribute to moral distress experienced by
healthcare professionals. Moral distress can occur when this caring is restricted by …

BACKGROUND: Palliative care should be provided, irrespective of setting to all patients
facing a life-threatening illness and to their families. The situation and needs of older people …

Although many nursing home residents have chronic, life-limiting conditions, most die
without the benefit of palliative care or with palliation delayed until the last days of life. The …

Background Long term care facilities are important environments for the delivery of palliative
care, which includes end of life care. Despite this, staff may feel this care focus is separate to …