#DPLS15 older people with frail Dr Kirsty Boyd, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Patricia Brooks Young, Lead Nurse Palliative Care, NHS Lothian Identification, communication and care planning with people whose health is deteriorating
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#DPLS15
older people with frail
Dr Kirsty Boyd, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Patricia Brooks Young, Lead Nurse Palliative Care, NHS Lothian
Identification, communication and care planning with people whose health is
Multi-morbidity ‘Living well’ with long term conditions
Deteriorating Health
Deteriorating & ‘dying well’
Time
Best Supportive Care & Palliative Care
Barnett K, Mercer S, Norbury M et al. Lancet 2012;380:37-43.
65% aged 65+ >80% aged 85+
It could be another year or two or a week or two…..who knows
Supportive & Palliative Care Indicators Tool
•Consensus-based & evidence informed guidance •Key general indicators of deteriorating physical/ mental health •Clinical indicators of major advanced conditions
– Cancer – Dementia/ frailty – Organ failure – heart, lung, kidney, liver – Neurological conditions
•Accessible language, content and layout •Supports identification in all settings •Prompts assessment and care planning in parallel with optimal management of reversible conditions
Patients with advanced conditions, deteriorating health and a ‘risk’ of dying need to be identified
www.spict.org.uk
Does SPICT help us identify patients at risk? YES Acute hospital
• 29% mortality at 6 months • Median SPARRA risk score – 65% • Multimorbidity – 80% +
www.spict.org.uk
Patients with advanced conditions, deteriorating health and a ‘risk’ of dying benefit from assessment and planning
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“I was worried I was going to be put on the Liverpool dying pathway… I'm glad to be feeling better and don’t want to think more about the future right now” Patient
“they have to tell you like it is...I don’t want to live like I died a while ago” Patient
“these are not the kind of discussions for when you’re really not well” Patient
She [ doctor] hedged around… it took a while til’ I saw what she was
getting at and put her out of her misery…Patient
Every time I'm asked I have to go through and relive it over again..
Patient: “I’ve never broached the subject cause I think like I’d rather be positive. I think “I’m not going to get worse.” (Female, 66: Liver failure, diabetes, IHD)
Carer: ‘We deal with everything just as it is happening, just day to day stuff and things. We just manage.’ (Carer for male, 87: renal failure, diverticular disease, mild dementia, prostate cancer,)
“I am quite happy to just float along as we are doing now.“ (Female, 89: epilepsy, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, severe aortic stenosis)
Patient: ‘I’m not afraid to die but I want to live’ (Female, 79: stage IV heart failure, renal failure)
Mason B et al. BMJ Supportive Palliative Care 2014;0:1–6. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000639
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What helps your team have good discussions with people, and those close to them, about
deteriorating health, treatment & care options and future care planning?
• Generalisation • Sometimes people want to choose a family member or a close friend to make
decisions for them if they get less well in the future. Have you thought about that?
• Hypothetical questions • If you were less well again like this in the future what do you think we should do?
• Hope linked with concern • We hope the (treatment) will help, but I am worried that at some stage, maybe
even soon, you will not get better…. What do you think?
• Accept uncertainty, change and diverse views. Focus on goals. • Can we talk about what is most important for you now, and then how we might
cope with not knowing exactly what will happen and when?
• Choose your words wisely • euphemisms or long, vague explanations confuse people • talking about ‘trying’ or ‘the chances’ if a treatment will not work , have a very
poor outcome or not help meet the person’s goals is unhelpful • move on from older terms people may think means ‘nothing will be done for them
’ eg. ‘futile’, ‘ treatment limitation’ or ’ceiling of treatment’
ACP Information from KIS, GP letter, previous clinical records
During Hospital Stay
Key information fields in; clinical records,
structured ward rounds, MDT meeting notes.
Deteriorating Patient Change Package
Discharge from Hospital
Key information fields included in the immediate discharge
letter
In Primary Care
Key information from hospital episode
used to update or create KIS
Change/Deterioration
Review & informed care in home setting
Out of Hours : KIS accessed
Informed discussions Informed decisions Informed care
Information Reconciliation
KIS Accessed? Useful info?
Used to inform care?
Observations of practice Interviews: pts, families
Reflection: clinician Clinical audit:
retrospective deaths, prospective 6 &12mths
Content of IDL
The story so far…….
Clinician time to access information: escalation plan, CPR status, patient & family discussions • At base-line: < 5 min = 36% 5-10 min = 42% > 10 min = 22% • With AnCP Plan: 100% info found within 30 seconds
Pilot areas
BUT ….does increased frequency of discussions correlate with improved experience for patient,
families & clinicians? Bristowe,K, Carey,I Hopper,A et al. Patient & Carer Experiences of Clinical Uncertainty and Deterioration, in the Face of Limited Reversibility: A
Comparative Observational Study of the AMBER Care Bundle Palliative Medicine 2015 Mar 31. 1-11
Fritz,Z Fuld, J (2014) The Universal Form of Treatment Options (UFTO) As An Alternative to Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Effects on Clinical Practice & Patient Care PLoS ONE 8 (9) e70977
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Dr Kirsty Boyd, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Lothian Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer