Dementia care and service systems – a mapping system tested in nine Swedish municipalities

Lethin, Connie; Giertz, Lottie; Vingare, Emme-Li; Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm

doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3592-x

BMC Health Services Research

Table 6 Availability and utilization of care activities in the category Palliative care

From: Dementia care and service systems – a mapping system tested in nine Swedish municipalities

Definition	Municipality^a	Early stage		Intermediate stage		Late stage		End of life stage
Definition	Municipality^a	Available for	Utilized by	Available for	Utilized by	Available for	Utilized by	Available for	Utilized by
Hospice/Palliative care at home: Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s symptoms. The focus should be on physical, emotional, spiritual or social needs [23]. The care is provided at home.	1	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	2	All	Most	All	Most	All	Most	All	Few
	3	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	4	All	All	All	All	All	All	All	All
	5	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	6	All	No one	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	7	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	8	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	9	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
Hospice/Institutional palliative care: Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s symptoms. The focus should be on physical, emotional, spiritual or social needs [23]. The palliative care is provided in hospitals or nursing homes.	1	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	2	All	Most	All	Most	All	Most	All	All
	3	All	Few	All	Few	All	Most	All	All
	4	All	All	All	All	All	All	All	All
	5	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	–	–
	6	All	No one	All	Few	All	Few	All	No one
	7	All	No one	All	Few	All	Most	All	All
	8	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	9	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
Advanced directive: Living will and power of attorney.	1	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	2	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few	All	Few
	3	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	4	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	5	Few	Few	Few	Few	Few	Few	Few	Few
	6	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	7	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	8	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one
	9	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one	No one

^a1–9 = represents the municipalities in two counties in Sweden

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