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Specialist palliative care professionals’ views on access to their services for people with dementia
| dc.check.date | 45772 | en |
| dc.check.info | Access to this article is restricted until 12 months after publication by request of the publisher | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Cronin, Lisa | en |
| dc.contributor.author | O’Shea, Emma | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Fox, Siobhán | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-04T08:27:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-04T08:27:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 45407 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: In Ireland and around the world populations are ageing, contributing to an increase in the number of people living with dementia. Dementia is a life-limiting condition and evidence suggests that people with dementia would benefit from specialist palliative care (SPC) input. There is ongoing investigation into how people with dementia access the services they need at the right time. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore how people with dementia access SPC services in a region in the Mid-West of Ireland, from the perspectives of key healthcare workers linked to the service. Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews (n=10) were conducted with healthcare professionals involved in the referral process of accessing SPC input, including consultants, specialist registrars, clinical nurse managers and an assistant director of nursing. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Overall four main themes were identified from the data: Capacity for providing SPC services to people with dementia; Appropriate Referrals and Recognising Need; Inadequate volume and inequitable geographical distribution of dementia services; Service integration and inter-professional collaboration. The underlying premise was the disease trajectory of dementia and a changing model of care. Conclusion: A needs assessment rather than a diagnosis is the referral process that underpins access to SPC for people with dementia. However, there is little consensus on ‘grey’ areas within this process and some SPC professionals may be less comfortable with treating patients with dementia. A different model of care is needed. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cronin, L., O’Shea, E. and Fox, S. (2024) 'Specialist palliative care professionals’ views on access to their services for people with dementia', Progress in Palliative Care, 32(3), pp. 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2024.2339086 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2024.2339086 | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1743-291X | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 188 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0969-9260 | en |
| dc.identifier.issued | 3 | en |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Progress in Palliative Care | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 183 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/16093 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 32 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en |
| dc.rights | © 2024, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an item published by Taylor & Francis in Progress in Palliative Care on 25 April 2024, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2024.2339086. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Specialist palliative care | en |
| dc.subject | Dementia | en |
| dc.subject | Needs assessment | en |
| dc.subject | Referral | en |
| dc.title | Specialist palliative care professionals’ views on access to their services for people with dementia | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
| oaire.citation.issue | 3 | en |
| oaire.citation.volume | 32 | en |
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