Background Nursing assistants are the largest aged care workforce providing care to older
people in residential aged care facilities. Although studies have focused on their training …

Aim. This paper is a report of an explorative study describing the perceptions and beliefs
about palliative care among nurses and care assistants working in residential aged care …

Aim. To identify residential aged care nurses' current knowledge of palliative care for older
residents in need of end‐of‐life care. Background. Recently, there has been a growing …

Despite the recognition of the importance of the palliative approach for older adults in
residential aged-care facilities, the provision of palliative care remains suboptimal …

Long-term care facilities are becoming more representative of the diverse ethno-cultural
demographics of Canadian society in the make-up of residents, family and staff that live and …

Abstract Changes in demographic patterns and the burden of chronic illness have
challenged palliative care clinicians to engage populations other than those with malignant …

Introdução: À medida que aumenta a proporção de idosos no mundo, é crescente o número
de pacientes muito idosos, sob regime de internação hospitalar. As peculiaridades deste …

The adoption of a palliative approach to the care within Australian Residential Aged Care
Facilities (RACFs) has been supported by a range of policy and best-practice initiatives …

Increasing numbers of older New Zealanders are spending their last days of life in Aged
Residential Care (ARC), traditionally rehabilitative-focused. Current trends suggest …

Abstract Registered Nurses (RNs), working in residential aged care facilities, care for
residents who may have reached the palliative stage of their lives and who have complex …