Improving end-of-life care in the community
Publication date: Saturday, 28 February 2015
Contributor(s): Maggie Stobbart Rowlands
Most nurses are involved in the care of the 1% of the population currently nearing the end of their lives: that is, people considered to be in their final year, months, weeks or days of life. The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) programmes can help provide a structured framework in this challenging area, leading to more proactive and consistent standards of care, and enabling more people to live well and die well where they choose.
