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Indicator name:
Dementia care: palliative and end of life services in community, accessibility
Indicator Id:
5108
Rationale:
The needs and preferences of people with dementia can be met and their autonomy from diagnosis to the end of life respected through integrated, culturally-appropriate, person-centred, community-based health, psycho-social, long-term care and support services and, where appropriate, the inputs of families and carers.
Definition:
Identifies the accessibility of palliative care services for dementia in different locations including: capital only, main cities/capital only, main cities and rural areas. Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.
Method of estimation:
Inventory of currently implemented and available services and supports for people with dementia provided by the national authority's response
Data Type Representation:
Categorical
IMRID:
5108
Original Submeasure:
What is the accessibility of these services?
Indicator Metadata Registry List
Accessibility of palliative and end-of-life care services in community for dementia [Capital/capital and main cities/capital, main cities, rural areas]
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