Question

Select from one of the following vulnerable populations:

• Elderly
• Poor, homeless, and underserved
• Mental illness and personality disorder
• Drug-Addicted patients at end of life
• Pediatrics

give a summary of some of the factors that make this particular population vulnerable. Identify recommendations for improving palliative care utilization for this population.

Answer 1

ELDERLY

Factors that make elderly vulnerable

• early death
• necessity of bodily or health care
• flooded care and interventions
• lack of money
• barring from involvement in society
• being destitute
• loss of independence and subservience
• Placing in instituitions.

Recommendations for improving palliative care utilization for elderly

• Be sure that the practice of health care experts constitutes enough time given to palliative drugs and elderly care.
• Request and finance in special criteria in elderly palliative care , plus pain and symptom control, communication abilities and collaboration of care.
• Include the older ones in arriving conclusions on the varieties and mix of aids they need with regard to the end of life and death.
• Honour the work done by health systems like nursing homes to promote better outcomes.
• Make sure that health professionals are sufficiently qualified in the palliative care of elderly, together with pain and symptoms control.
• Finance in research into efficient palliative care and therapy for elderly.
• Take steps towards the advancement of graded assessment instruments for palliative care of elderly.