{"id":1025,"date":"2024-04-15T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1025"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:20:49","slug":"2-7-1-supporting-family-ltc-staff","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/2-7-1-supporting-family-ltc-staff\/","title":{"raw":"2.7.1 Supporting Family &amp; LTC Staff","rendered":"2.7.1 Supporting Family &amp; LTC Staff"},"content":{"raw":"Considerations for Supporting Family &amp; LTC Staff:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Preparation and communication for end of life<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Engaging and supporting staff and leadership in the education and delivery of palliative care<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ensure resources are in place to support the resident at end-of-life\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Supplemental Oxygen<\/li>\r\n \t<li>End of life medication available in STAT box<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Partnership with community stakeholders to ensure resources are available if needed<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Air mattress<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Adequate staffing levels to ensure staff are able to meet care needs<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Supports for spiritual and psychosocial needs[footnote]Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2013[\/footnote][footnote]Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2015[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nPhilosophy of palliative care is rooted in maximizing a person\u2019s:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Quality of life by effective symptoms control<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Psychological and spiritual support, in a socially meaningful way,<\/li>\r\n \t<li>While truly allowing someone to be themselves at a difficult time<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nPalliative care is an approach that aims to reduce suffering and improve the quality of life for people who are living with life-limiting illness through the provision of:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Pain and symptom management;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and practical support; and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Support for caregivers during the illness and after the death of the person they are caring for[footnote]Statistics Canada, 2012[\/footnote][footnote]Statistics Canada, 2017[\/footnote][footnote]Health Canada, 2018[\/footnote][footnote]World Health Organization, 2020[\/footnote][footnote]Vellani et al., 2022[\/footnote][footnote]Kaasalainen et al., 2020[\/footnote][footnote]Garc\u00eda-Baquero Merino, 2018[\/footnote][footnote]Health Canada, 2018[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Considerations for Supporting Family &amp; LTC Staff:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation and communication for end of life<\/li>\n<li>Engaging and supporting staff and leadership in the education and delivery of palliative care<\/li>\n<li>Ensure resources are in place to support the resident at end-of-life\n<ul>\n<li>Supplemental Oxygen<\/li>\n<li>End of life medication available in STAT box<\/li>\n<li>Partnership with community stakeholders to ensure resources are available if needed<\/li>\n<li>Air mattress<\/li>\n<li>Adequate staffing levels to ensure staff are able to meet care needs<\/li>\n<li>Supports for spiritual and psychosocial needs<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2013\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-1\" href=\"#footnote-1025-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2015\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-2\" href=\"#footnote-1025-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Philosophy of palliative care is rooted in maximizing a person\u2019s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality of life by effective symptoms control<\/li>\n<li>Psychological and spiritual support, in a socially meaningful way,<\/li>\n<li>While truly allowing someone to be themselves at a difficult time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Palliative care is an approach that aims to reduce suffering and improve the quality of life for people who are living with life-limiting illness through the provision of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pain and symptom management;<\/li>\n<li>Psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and practical support; and<\/li>\n<li>Support for caregivers during the illness and after the death of the person they are caring for<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Statistics Canada, 2012\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-3\" href=\"#footnote-1025-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Statistics Canada, 2017\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-4\" href=\"#footnote-1025-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Health Canada, 2018\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-5\" href=\"#footnote-1025-5\" aria-label=\"Footnote 5\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"World Health Organization, 2020\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-6\" href=\"#footnote-1025-6\" aria-label=\"Footnote 6\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Vellani et al., 2022\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-7\" href=\"#footnote-1025-7\" aria-label=\"Footnote 7\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Kaasalainen et al., 2020\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-8\" href=\"#footnote-1025-8\" aria-label=\"Footnote 8\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Garc\u00eda-Baquero Merino, 2018\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-9\" href=\"#footnote-1025-9\" aria-label=\"Footnote 9\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Health Canada, 2018\" id=\"return-footnote-1025-10\" href=\"#footnote-1025-10\" aria-label=\"Footnote 10\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-1025-1\">Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2013 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-2\">Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2015 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-3\">Statistics Canada, 2012 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-4\">Statistics Canada, 2017 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-5\">Health Canada, 2018 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-5\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 5\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-6\">World Health Organization, 2020 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-6\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 6\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-7\">Vellani et al., 2022 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-7\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 7\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-8\">Kaasalainen et al., 2020 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-8\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 8\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-9\">Garc\u00eda-Baquero Merino, 2018 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-9\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 9\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-1025-10\">Health Canada, 2018 <a href=\"#return-footnote-1025-10\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 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