pilot on end of life care in nursing home in the new territories
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Pilot on End of Life Care in Nursing Home in the New Territories West Cluster
Yiu-keung KWAN,
King-shing LEUNG, Sau-hang CHAN
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics
Tuen Mun Hospital
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BackgroundAgeing Population
Live older and more frail
Need to be cared in Nursing Homes
Frailty ◦ Frequent Admission
◦ High Mortality Rate
Patients, Family and Nursing Homes ◦ All Suffers
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Dementia /
Frailty
1/3
Organ Failure
1/3
Cancer
1/4
Sudden death
1/12
Gold standards Framework, UK, June 2006
Similar result seen in NTWC Cluster 2013
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The different trajectories makes end of life predictions difficult
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Palliative / End of Life CareMalignancy
◦ Well established by Clinical Oncology
End Organ Failure ◦ Established by Palliative Medicine
Frail older People ◦ Under developed
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Priority areas for EOL care for elderly in old age homes
How to identify ?
Primary diagnoses, symptoms and disease trajectories of the illnesses ?
Emotional and social needs ?
Barriers
◦ Families’ expectations
◦ Old age homes factors
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New Territories West Cluster
104 Old Aged Homes with around 8000 elders ◦ 84 OAH (around 5000 elders) under active medical CGAT services
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Pilot EOL programStarted in Oct 2012
5 Nursing Homes ◦ total Capacities of 1154 elders
Total quota = 25 at the same time
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Total elders in Nursing Homes in NTWC
251154
6846
EOL
5 selected homes
Other Nursing Homes
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EOL Care Recruitment Recruited by the attending Geriatrician
◦ The “surprise question”:“Would I be surprised if this patient were to die within the next 6 months ?”
◦ Hospitalization 2 times in past 6 months ◦ (not mandatory)
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What had we done1. Round Table Discussion with the Superintendent and Nurse in
Charge of the 5 Nursing Homes
2. Timely physical and psychological support to the elders
3. Discuss with their family about the illness and the prognosis so as to develop an advanced care plan
4. Education and support to the frontline of nursing home
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Talk and Sharing in a nursing home
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After nine months’ service
Total = 33 patients◦ 24 of them were female
◦ The mean age was 87.6 6.9 (71-106)
Clinical Review
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The Principal Diagnosis
Dementia /
Frailty, 26
Organ Failure, 6
Malignancy, 1
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0
2
4
6
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Hospiltaization in last 6 months
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All of them were bed-chair bound.
18 patients (55%) had chronic wound
18 patients (55%) were on tube feeding
Patients’ Characteristics
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Patients’ Symptoms Physical complaints
◦ Pain◦ 10 patients
◦ shortness of breath or sputum retention ◦ 7 patients
◦ poor appetite◦ 1 patient
Anxiety / Depression◦ 5 patients
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Family Acceptance
97% accepted our program and agreed to formulate an advanced care plan for the patients
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Mortality Rate in that 5 Nursing Homes
39%
12%
EOL Overall
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Mortality According to Principal Diagnosis
100%
34%38%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%
70%80%90%
100%
Malignancy Organ Failure Dementia /Frality
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Morality Rate According to Number of Hospitalization in last 6 months
14%
38%
46%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
0 to 1 2 to 4 > 4
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Mortality Rate
39% 40%
55%
20%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Tube Feeding Chronic Wound
Yes
No
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Priority areas for EOL care for elderly in old age homes
How to identify ?
Primary diagnoses, symptoms and disease trajectories of the illnesses ?
Emotional and social needs ?
Barriers
◦ Families’ expectations
◦ Old age homes factors
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Conclusion How to identify ?
“Surprise” question + 2 Hospitalization in recent 6 months
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Conclusion
Primary diagnoses, symptoms and disease trajectories of the illnesses ?
Most of them are frailty / Dementia◦ Bed/Chair Bound◦ N/G tube feeding ◦ Presence of Chronic Wound
Main Symptoms ◦ Pain◦ Shortness of breath, sputum retention
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ConclusionEmotional and social needs ?
Only 16% would have anxiety and depression as most were severely demented
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Conclusion Barriers ◦ Families’ expectations◦ Old age homes factors
Good Communication with family will gain >95 % of acceptance
Need to have good rapport with the Nursing Homes to engage them to develop EOL
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