End of Life Care : Care Home Staff info

Policies

Verification of Death - Form -
 

Procedures / Guidelines

ACP Booklet - National End of Life Care Programme

Capacity - care planning in life limiting illness-booklet
Advance Care Planning Guidance - | Preferred Priorities for Care - | 
ADVANCE DECISIONS TO REFUSE TREATMENT -  staff guide -|  patient guide -
BNSSG Anticipatory Prescribing Guidelines
 

Tools

• The route to success in end of life care - achieving quality in domiciliary care
   
• The route to success in end of life care - achieving quality in care homes
   
• The route to success in end of life care - achieving quality for people with learning disabilities
   
• Community Liverpool Care Pathway
   
• Community LCP Relative Info Sheet
   

• Advance Care Planning

        North Somerset “Planning Ahead” leaflet

        Advance Wishes – on behalf of someone else

• BNSSG ACP suite of documents

        Preferred Priorities for Care - | Putting Your Affairs in Order- a check list - |
        Funeral Planning - | My Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment -

•  Allow a Natural Death
   
•  Planning for your Future Care – a guide for patients and families
  
   
• Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR)
  BNSSG
• CPR Decision Tree (A4 leaflet)        CPR Decision Tree (A4 sample)
• DNACPR training presentation
• DNACPR Form (sample)                 How to order & use the form
• Order : via web order form
   
• “Just in Case” Box Contents
  Just in Case - Patient Leaflet
   
• Symptom management algorithms
  Nausea and Vomiting | Pain | Respiratory Tract Secretions - Rattling | Terminal Restlessness and Agitation
   
• End of Life Care Pathway
   
• Palliative Care Framework
   
• Coping with a Death Booklet – community services
   
• Role of the Key Worker

Website Links

North Somerset and Somerset End of Life Care Website
www.nssomersetendoflifecare.nhs.uk 

UWE – Verification of Death e-learning
http://evault.uwe.ac.uk/vod 

End of Life Care for All – e-learning
www.e-lfh.org.uk