Table 10 Professional care providers level of education in the category Palliative care
From: Dementia care and service systems – a mapping system tested in nine Swedish municipalities
ISCED level 7: Master’s or equivalent, vocational | ISCED level 6: Bachelor’s or equivalent, vocational | ISCED level 5: Short-cycle tertiary education, vocational | ISCED level 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary, vocational | ISCED level 3: Upper secondary, vocational | ||
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Hospice/Palliative care at home: Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care, which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s symptoms. The focus should be on physical, emotional, spiritual or social needs [32]. The care is provided at home. | 1 | GP, MD-ger | RN, RN-distr | LPN, LPN-dem | Ass-N | |
2 | GP | RN-distr, OT | LPN, OT-ass | Ass-N | ||
3 | RN, RN-distr | LPN | Ass-N | |||
4 | RN | |||||
5 | RN-dem, RN-distr, SW | LPN | ||||
6 | GP | RN, RN-distr, SW, OT, FT | LPN | |||
7 | GP | RN, RN-distr | LPN | |||
8 | ||||||
9 | RN | |||||
Hospice/Institutional palliative care: Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care, which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s symptoms. The focus should be on physical, emotional, spiritual or social needs [32]. The palliative care is provided in hospitals or nursing homes | 1 | GP, MD-ger | RN-, RN-dem | LPN, LPN-dem | Ass-N | |
2 | GP | RN, RN-distr, OT, FT | LPN | Ass-N | ||
3 | RN, RN-distr, | LPN | Ass-N | |||
4 | RN | |||||
5 | GP | RN-dem, RN-distr, SW | LPN | |||
6 | GP | RN, RN-dem,/distr, SW, OT, FT | LPN | |||
7 | GP | RN, RN-distr | LPN | |||
8 | ||||||
9 | RN | |||||
Advanced directive: Living will and power of attorney | 1 | GP, MD-psych | RN-, RN-elderly/distr | |||
2 | RN-, RN-distr | |||||
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9 |