Three approaches to delivering end-of-life education to care homes in a region of south east England.
There has been considerable investment in end-of-life care education for the care home sector in recent years. This article looks at three recent initiatives in West Sussex in south east England and appraises the advantages and disadvantages of each. The three initiatives were an action learning project, a Six Steps to Success care home programme, and a Gold Standards Framework for Care Home programme. The details of how each approach was operationalised and the initial results and evaluations are discussed. It is essential that end-of-life educators working in the same geographical area communicate and build on one another's contributions, and this article is an instance of such collaboration.
Head of Education, St Wilfrids Hospice, Grosvenor Road, Chichester, England.
Michele
M
Booth
Independent Trainer and Head, Sue Nash Consulting.
Sue
S
Nash
End of Life Facilitator, Sussex Community NHS Trust, and Gold Standards Framework Trainer.
Chris
C
Banks
Angela
A
Springett
D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007858:Learning; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013727:Terminal Care