Trends of End of life care for the Elderly

discussion question

End-of-life care becomes an issue at some point for elderly clients. Even with the emergence of palliative care programs and hospice programs, most elderly people do not die in their own home as is their preference. What are the reasons for this trend? Discuss what you can do as a nurse to support your clients regarding end-of-life care in accordance with their wishes. Support your response with evidence-based literature.

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End of life care is significant among the elderly in fulfilling their wishes to dye in their own homes. The emergence of palliative care and hospice programs is to boost elderly desires to dye in their homes. However, in the current years the elderly dye in hospitals and public utilities away from their wishes. In a study to establish the trends of hospital deaths in Korea, two million decedents between 2001 and 2014 aged sixty-five and above were involved. Research findings had increased hospital deaths from31.38% in 2001 to 75% in 2014 and a decrease in home deaths from 64%…

 

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