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Table 4 Main themes

From: Implementing a quality improvement programme in palliative care in care homes: a qualitative study

General views on the GSFCH

 

Communication

Communication with general practitioners

 

Communication with others

 

Supportive care register

 

Coding predicted stage of illness

 

Team meetings

 

Advanced care planning

Co-ordination

Role of the palliative care lead

Control symptoms

Assessment and management

Continuity

Out of hours handover form

Continued learning

Training and significant event analysis

Carer support

Staff and residents' bereaved family

Care in the dying phase

Liverpool Care Pathway for the last days of life

  1. (Benefits and barriers to each of these were indexed separately)