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  • Title: [Palliative culture in the stationary care for the elderly].
    Author: Heller A, Dinges S, Heimerl K, Reitinger E, Wegleitner K.
    Journal: Z Gerontol Geriatr; 2003 Oct; 36(5):360-5. PubMed ID: 14579063.
    Abstract:
    Nursing homes are challenged by a significant change in the patient-structure. To care for dying elderly people means to enable them to live in dignity till the end. Helpful therefore is to implement Palliative Care into existing structures. This requires personal and organizational learning and development. The first step is to make central differences and contradictions visible und communicable. We describe three organizational types which leads into different core-processes. Organizational measures supporting the development of a palliative culture and indicators of successful implementation are presented.
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