Nutrition and Hydration in Palliative Care and Their Diverse Meanings

Clark, Jean; Batten, Lesley

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31738-0_117-1

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“…1,2 Recent definitions describe palliative care as ‘care that helps with personal, social and medical problems associated with serious and potentially mortal illness, assists families and carers and supports them in bereavement, and uses approaches from a trained team, but also involves friends, family members and the wider community’. 3 The complex and multidimensional nature of needs and the multiple care recipients and providers warrant a coordinated and multidisciplinary care approach. Furthermore, the sociological tradition has emphasised that death, dying and bereavement are social processes with medical components rather than the other way around.…”

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How can social workers be meaningfully involved in palliative care? A scoping review on the prerequisites and how they can be realised in practice

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Palliative care is a holistic practice using a multidisciplinary approach in addressing multidimensional needs. Although the social aspects surrounding the end-of-life phase suggest a place for social work in it, the profession is often inadequately involved in daily practice. This contrasts strongly with the potential meaningful contributions of social workers in this field. To date, no comprehensive list of prerequisites for meaningful social work involvement in palliative care exists. This review aims to gain more insight on the prerequisites for meaningful social work involvement in palliative care and how to realise them in practice. It could therefore provide pathways for future intervention development in enhancing the involvement of social workers and maximising their contributions in palliative care. A scoping review methodology was used. A systematic selection of peer-reviewed articles ranged from 2000 to April 2021 – out of the electronic databases Web of Science, Scopus and Pubmed – was conducted. The 170 articles that met the eligibility criteria were analysed for relevant content using open and axial coding processes. The findings are reported according to the PRISMA-ScR checklist. The nine prerequisites listed in this review concern the level of individual social work capacities and the level of contextual factors structuring social work practices. A majority of articles have, however, focused on the level of individual social work capacities in a rather specialist view on palliative care. Future research should further address the contextual level of social work involvement in the broader practice of death, dying and bereavement.

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How can social workers be meaningfully involved in palliative care? A scoping review on the prerequisites and how they can be realised in practice

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“…47 Further, while we found that intake problems may be associated with discomfort in residents without dementia and with other stages of dementia, the evidence base to guide clinicians about artificial nutrition and hydration is still small. 40,48 Clinicians can address intake problems after careful assessment and consideration of different options as guided by the goals of care that should be discussed where possible with the resident who is dying and those close to them. 40,48 Nevertheless, future research should explore differences in the cause and origin of intake problems and pneumonia and investigate how they relate to comfort in those with and without dementia.…”

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“…40,48 Clinicians can address intake problems after careful assessment and consideration of different options as guided by the goals of care that should be discussed where possible with the resident who is dying and those close to them. 40,48 Nevertheless, future research should explore differences in the cause and origin of intake problems and pneumonia and investigate how they relate to comfort in those with and without dementia.…”

Section: Implications For Clinical Care and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%