People with dementia and family carers are welcoming of a model of dementia palliative care, but sceptical of its implementation
All participants were welcoming of the proposed model for dementia palliative care and were generally positive about palliative care as a concept relating to dementia. There was consensus that the model would allow people to live and die well with dementia, and reducing the carer burden would fulfil the wish to remain at home. However systemic changes in the healthcare system will be needed to facilitate a truly person-centred, holistic, individualised and flexible model of care.
Authors
- Jonathan Drennan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7365-4345)
- Suzanne Timmons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7790-9552)
- Suzanne Guérin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-7590)
- Aileen Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3062-0692)
- George Kernohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-446X)
- Siobhán Fox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6854-8975)
- Mary Faherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0812-9128)
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- University College Cork (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dementia
- Published
- 2024-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012241270777
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- Health Research Board