Trajectory of Illness, Stages of Dying (240)
58 minutes
0.9 contact hours |
Description:
Hospice team members can better understand the impact of terminal
illness on patients and their families when they consider a
patient's expected trajectory of illness and the patient/family
reaction to illness and loss. The steady, somewhat predictable
decline towards death often seen in cancer patients on hospice
is quite different from the slow insidious trajectory associated
with Alzheimer's disease which is also unlike the slow incremental
decline of patients with organ failure. Following the trajectory
of illness towards death often provides clues and insights into
the various stages of dying and anticipated loss experienced
by patients and families on hospice services.
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