On average, 610000 people die in the UK each year, but only one in five of these will die at
home (Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2005). Enabling people to die at home, if they so …

The author discusses developments in palliative care in 2013, as well as the expectations in
2014, particularly in Great Britain. He claims that the need for high-quality palliative care is …

In the United Kingdom, as elsewhere (Maddocks and Parker 2001), nursing and residential
homes have become increasingly important locations for the care of people who are dying …

Most deaths in Western societies occur in old age and increasingly in extreme old age.
Deaths occur predominantly in hospital or at home, but a sizeable proportion of older people …

In developed countries an increasing number of older people die in long-term care settings
such as care homes. In the UK, approximately 20% of people aged 65 years and over die in …

Fifty-six million people die in the world each year and, according to the World Health
Organisation (WHO), approximately 60% could benefit from palliative care (Davies & …

This personal account from the UK discusses the importance of all nurses having an
understanding of end-of-life care. It highlights simple, yet fundamental, palliative care …

Care at the end of a person's life as a specialist subject has, traditionally, focused on
palliative care of people with cancer. The hospice movement was set up specifically for this …

The article focuses on disadvantaged dying in palliative care. Topics discussed include
actions that should be implemented by palliative care services, preference which is …

In our society, the overwhelming majority of people die in later life. They typically die slowly
of chronic diseases, with multiple co-existing problems over long periods of time. They …