Journal
AGE AND AGEING
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 233-238Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq172
Keywords
palliative care; hospitals; older people; elderly
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), under the Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) stream
- National Institute for Health Research [08/1809/233] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objective: to explore the perspectives of health professionals regarding barriers to optimal palliative care for older people in acute hospitals. Methods: fifty-eight health professionals participated in eight focus groups and four semi-structured interviews. Results: participants identified various barriers to palliative care provision for older people, including attitudinal differences to the care of older people, a focus on curative treatments within hospitals and a lack of resources. Participants also reported differing understandings of whose responsibility it was to provide palliative care for older people, and uncertainly over the roles of specialist and generalist palliative care providers in acute hospitals. Conclusions: numerous barriers exist to the provision of high-quality palliative care for older people within acute hospital settings. Additional research is now required to further explore age-related issues contributing to poor access to palliative care.
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