BioTechnology: An Indian Journal
ISSN (PRINT): 0974-7435

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Geriatric Palliative Care

The increasing life expectancy and the associated changes in end-of-life morbidity forecast major challenges for health care. Today in Europe, 50-year-old women and men can expect to measure 34 and 29 more years, respectively. Yet, the expected time free of morbidity is only 10 and 9 years, Respectively. This means that the last two decades of most people’s lives are characterized by an increasing burden of chronic multimorbidity, functional dependency, frailty and often cognitive decline, necessitating a geriatric approach to care. At the same time, the causes of death shift, the dying phase changes, and the last period of life extends to a long phase characterized by complicated treatment decisions, difficult symptom management, manifold psychosocial problems and easily overlooked spiritual distress. Thus, the necessity of hospice and palliative care , tailored to the needs and situations of the elderly and very elderly, is evident , especially with regard to the growing number of people who live in residential care homes or assisted living facilities . The emerging field of geriatric palliative care (GPC), while having been pioneered during recent years, still lacks a sufficient evidence base. It also needs a broadly accepted definition and a sound conceptual foundation.

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