The Impact of Policy on Death by Erica Borgstrom

The Impact of Policy on Death

Erica Borgstrom

University of Cambridge

November 2011

Image from mattupchuck of the Royal Sussex Hospital. http://www.redbubble.com/people/mattupchuck/works/5973454-hospital-corridor

Preferred Priorities for Care

•In relation to your health, what has been happening to you?

•Progressive Liver Cancer

•What are your preferences and priorities for your future care?

•…home unless deemed unadvisable, then I would prefer to go to the hospice.

•Where would you like to be cared for in the future?

•.

Questions taken from Version 2 used Cambridgeshire Community Services. Originated in 2004 through Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer

Network and endorsed by the NHS End of Life Care Programme. Image is author’s impression.

Image from Martlets Hospice website http://www.themartlets.org.uk/story-of-life-at-our-hospice/index.html

Image from http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsarticle-content/-/article_display_list/11054366/gps-should-not-be-responsible-for-hospital-cuts-thinktank-warns

Image from http://happierathome.org/tag/senior-care

Image from http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/claire-sloans-sleep-for-days-project

Graph supplied by ERPHO. Cambridgeshire has the ‘best’ scores in the East of England with nearly 47% of people dying at home. A home death is defined as one that occurs at the person's usual place of residence (code H) or at a location with a communal establishment type code 04, 20-22, 32, 33, 52 or 64. Deaths from external causes (ICD10 V01-Y98) are excluded. Accessed via fingertrips.erpho.org.uk

Taken from http://www.byregion.net/cgibin/users/profiles.pl?subdomain=foodandspirit

Thank you for listening and those who have influenced this

research

Erica Borgstrom

[email protected]