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New guide highlights health role in better end of life care for homeless people
Community and A&E nurses are amongst health professionals who could work with housing services to improve end of life care for homeless people in our communities, according to a practical guide published this week.
End of life care – achieving quality in hostels and for homeless people: a route to success has been published by the National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP). It offers hostel staff and other professionals in the homelessness field practical guidance on what to do, and think about, when clients are in the last year of life.
However, Tes Smith, who wrote the document in her role as social care lead for the National End of Life Care Programme, says nurses working in GP practices, district nurses and specialist palliative care community nurses can support hostel staff and in ensuring their clients are able to access appropriate end of life care in accordance with their needs and wishes.
Ms Smith also highlighted that hospital nurses and doctors working in areas such as A&E could play an important role in linking a homeless patient possibly approaching the end of life with homelessness services and other care agencies.
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