Palliative Care: Addressing Physical and Spiritual Needs of an Elderly Client

Faiza Rafiq*
*BScN Intern, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Periodicity:November - January'2016
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.5.4.4814

Abstract

Palliative care is not only to address the holistic needs of the patient rather than, it implies patient centered care at the terminal stage of the disease process. Sometimes, obtaining this goal becomes more difficult, when the patient is suffering from complex physiological phenomena of human being that is "aging". Together with this multiple chronic illness is also another important aspect from the care point of view. However, this is the responsibility of the nurse to look upon all these issues in order to satisfy the patient's needs. In this paper, physical and spiritual needs of a patient is being addressed with the interventions that can be done looking upon the patient's condition at the terminal stage of his illness.

Keywords

Keywords: Palliative Care, Holistic Needs, Aging, Physical and Spiritual Needs, Terminal Stage

How to Cite this Article?

Makhani, F.R. (2016). Palliative Care: Addressing Physical and Spiritual Needs of an Elderly Client. i-manager’s Journal on Nursing, 5(4), 32-35. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.5.4.4814

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