@article{Zanetti_Guerrini_Chiesa_Bellandi_Bertelli_Carabellese_Di Meo_Lora Aprile_Massarelli_Nicoli_Ponton_Sperotto_Zaninetta_Lonati_2019, title={Palliative care for the oldest old: recommendations from the first Italian Consensus Conference}, volume={67}, url={https://www.jgerontology-geriatrics.com/article/view/32}, abstractNote={<p>In all care settings (hospital, health and social services facilities, and intermediate and home care), recognizing<br>the need for palliative care for the oldest old – that is, when care and assistance for prevention, cure or rehabilitation<br>purposes should aim at maximizing comfort and control of disturbing symptoms to safeguard the quality<br>of life – is a challenging task.<br>The early identification, among the oldest old, of those who could benefit from palliative interventions has<br>proved effective in improving their quality of life and that of their families, as well as in reducing costs and improving<br>the appropriateness of interventions.<br>To answer this need, the non-profit APRIRE Association (Assistenza PRimaria In REte) – Health at km 0 – has<br>promoted the Consensus Conference “Palliative care for the oldest old at home, in nursing homes and in<br>hospices”. A Consensus Conference is one of the tools that allow achievement of an inter-party agreement<br>on especially controversial and complex issues through a formal process; it favors the choice of directions for<br>clinical practice that are as uniform as possible, and determines the means to provide patients with the best<br>quality of care in relation to the available resources.<br>This consensus document was discussed and approved on October 24, 2018 in Rome by a panel of designated<br>members of a number of scientific societies (Extrahospital Geriatric Association, Italian Association of<br>Family and Community Nurses, Italian Association of Psychogeriatrics, Italian Palliative Care Society, Italian<br>Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Italian College of General Practitioners and Primary Care, Italian Society<br>of Geriatrics Hospital and Territory), the Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Center for Clinical<br>Ethics, University of Insubria, Varese, the National Federation of Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists, the National<br>Federation of Nursing Professions, the National Council of the Order of Psychologists and the Italian<br>National Institute of Health.</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS}, author={Zanetti, E.S. and Guerrini, G.B. and Chiesa, D. and Bellandi, D. and Bertelli, C. and Carabellese, C. and Di Meo, S. and Lora Aprile, P. and Massarelli, G.F. and Nicoli, F. and Ponton, P. and Sperotto, S. and Zaninetta, G. and Lonati, F.}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={256-270} }