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Indicator name:
Dementia palliative and end-of-life care services in community, availability
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:
Whether or not palliative and end-of-life care services in community-based settings are available to support people with dementia to maintain functional capacity and independence and to remain in the community. 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
IMRID:
5107
Indicator Metadata Registry List
Availability of for dementia
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