care of the elderly
With a growing aging population, care of the elderly is particularly important, raising economic and ethical issues alongside clinical ones.
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Social care funding (triple helix - spring 2012)
Archbishop adds to pressure on government - Review by Helen Barratt Speciality registrar in public health The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has called on the Prime Minister to address the current 'crisis' in the elderly care system. The Archbishop said it is 'widely acknowledged' that the...
Crisis in care? (triple helix - winter 2011)
The way of the cross is the answer - The last few months have seen a series of reports from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) (1) and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (2) showing that care for the elderly in our hospitals, care homes and even in people's own homes is falling far short of...
Southern cross collapse (triple helix - summer 2011)
Capitalism crushes care and compassion? - As Southern Cross, the country's biggest independent provider of care homes for the elderly collapsed, the 31,000 residents of its homes, their families and carers face a hugely uncertain future. All this because of a mixture of bad management and market...
Submission to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on Quality Standards Programme: End of life care for adults - 22/7/2011
This quality standard covers all settings in which care is provided by health and social care staff to adults approaching the end of life and adults who die suddenly or after a very brief illness. It sets out markers of care for adults approaching the end of life and also covers support for their families and carers. The CMF submission to this...BMA ARM ethics debate - report
1/7/2010
BMA ARM 2010 – Ethics Debate 1 July The ethics debate on the last morning of the BMA's 2010 Annual Representative Meeting began 8 minutes behind time, but then ran for 54 minutes instead of the planned 40. Well chaired as always by Peter Bennie, business was disciplined and conducted calmly. Tony Calland, Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee,...
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Spiritual support in palliative care (triple helix - spring 2009)
Scott Murray graduated in Aberdeen, and served as a medical missionary at Chogoria Hospital, Kenya for seven years. Returning to general practice in Edinburgh, he used a community participatory approach learnt in Africa to help develop medical and social care in an economically poor area in central...
Dementia (triple helix - spring 2009)
Cameron Swift calls more Christians into caring for people with dementia. - Key points - After reviewing aspects of dementia and commenting on its impact, the author reflects on recent coverage, both negative and more positive. While the challenges presented may appear to be ethical ones, they can...
Submission from the Christian Medical Fellowship to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' Consultation: Dementia - ethical issues - 30/7/2008
Introduction - The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is an interdenominational organisation with more than 4,000 British doctors as members. All are Christians who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed by the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible. Members practise in all branches of the profession, and through the...Palliating the Future (triple helix - autumn 2006)
Key Points - Persistent requests for assisted dying are extremely rare when good palliative care is available. However palliative care, which should ideally be provided by both generalists and specialists, is unevenly available throughout the UK is mainly funded by the voluntary centre and is...
In a strange land…People with dementia and the local church (Book Review) (triple helix - winter 2005)
In a strange land…People with dementia and the local church - Malcolm Goldsmith - 4M Publications 2004 - £14.95 Pb 239pp - ISBN 0 95304 946 9 - This book offers a compassionate and well-informed look at the world of dementia. The author is an Anglican minister with many years' experience in...