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Editorial For ten years, or thereabouts, my work has involved are left behind do with their loved ones’ ashes and a range of older people’s issues. Although the the impact this has on the grieving process. amount has varied over the years, it’s always been My sincere thanks go to contributors Paul Can a constant in my life. Communicating and writing (Help the Aged), Deborah Murphy et al (Marie Curie about these issues has often led me to think about Institute for Palliative Care), Glennys Howarth my own old age: will I grow old gracefully (or (Centre for Death and Society), Joanna Black perhaps disgracefully)? Where will I or how will I (National Council for Palliative Care), Janet Parker live? … The questions go on. Not wanting to wish (Spiritual Care for Older People, Diocese of Oxford), my life away, I have often thought and commented Mer vyn Taylor (Irish Hospice Foundation), Professor to people that I look forward to retirement. Perhaps Leonie Kellaher (London Metropolitan University) I have begun to believe my own propaganda, but I and Anita Berry (The Myton Hospices). My thanks believe in the independence and empowerment of also go to Stephen W eeks for his review of our chosen older people, and so my view, and perhaps hopes, publication, Spirituality and the Care of the Chronically about older age are positive. Ill and Dying (Oxford University Press), and to our My thinking, however, has never extended beyond resident cartoonist, Derek W ells whose contribution, this – stopping short of what comes after older age, or despite the topic, will make you smile. to put it another way – when time is not on your side. It is important to give particular credit to those This edition is about death and dying: it explores people who live and work each day, one could say, what constitutes a good death, includes the latest facing death. From the research that enhances our best practice frameworks for palliative care in the knowledge and understanding of the dying process, UK and Ireland, and looks at older people’s and of the many different ways that we choose to attitudes towards dying and the importance of grieve, to the professionals setting the standards spirituality in the end stages of life. There are and particularly those who work on the frontline stories of people who are or have been involved in delivering and maintaining those standards. There the palliative care process: from a carer’s take on is, after all, no complaints procedure for the dead. things and a palliative care patient who has There are of course, procedures and processes for thankfully survived the process, to a relative’s families and carers, but by then, it is too late. perspective, whose story is both heartbreaking and Putting this edition together has been challenging, frustrating. We have also included a different post- interesting, useful, and above all, thought-provoking. death perspective, namely, what the relatives who I hope it does all of the above for you too. Michéle Hollywood Editorial Board Chair, ERoSH Deborah Klée Independent Consultant Caroline Bernard Policy and Communications Manager, Counsel Ann Mackay and Care Executive Director of Community Care, English Community Care Association Nick Bishop Consultant Claudine McCreadie Consultant Katerina Clarke Communications Manager, Action on Elder Abuse Carolyn Robertson Jenny Desoutter Research and Development Manager, Active Age Unit, Freelance Consultant Age Concern England Dyllis Faife Fiona Thomas Freelance Consultant Editor, Working with Older People Karen Gerty Carol Wardle MIND in Brighton and Hove Commercial Manager, Centre for Sheltered Housing Studies Eleanor Gibson Operations Manager, Westminster Advocacy Service Toby Williamson for Senior Residents Head of Policy, Mental Health Foundation Working with Older People September 2007 Volume 11 Issue 3 © Pavilion Journals (Brighton) Ltd http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Working with Older People Emerald Publishing

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Working with Older People , Volume 11 (3): 1 – Sep 1, 2007
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For ten years, or thereabouts, my work has involved are left behind do with their loved ones’ ashes and a range of older people’s issues. Although the the impact this has on the grieving process. amount has varied over the years, it’s always been My sincere thanks go to contributors Paul Can a constant in my life. Communicating and writing (Help the Aged), Deborah Murphy et al (Marie Curie about these issues has often led me to think about Institute for Palliative Care), Glennys Howarth my own old age: will I grow old gracefully (or (Centre for Death and Society), Joanna Black perhaps disgracefully)? Where will I or how will I (National Council for Palliative Care), Janet Parker live? … The questions go on. Not wanting to wish (Spiritual Care for Older People, Diocese of Oxford), my life away, I have often thought and commented Mer vyn Taylor (Irish Hospice Foundation), Professor to people that I look forward to retirement. Perhaps Leonie Kellaher (London Metropolitan University) I have begun to believe my own propaganda, but I and Anita Berry (The Myton Hospices). My thanks believe in the independence and empowerment of also go to Stephen W eeks for his review of our chosen older people, and so my view, and perhaps hopes, publication, Spirituality and the Care of the Chronically about older age are positive. Ill and Dying (Oxford University Press), and to our My thinking, however, has never extended beyond resident cartoonist, Derek W ells whose contribution, this – stopping short of what comes after older age, or despite the topic, will make you smile. to put it another way – when time is not on your side. It is important to give particular credit to those This edition is about death and dying: it explores people who live and work each day, one could say, what constitutes a good death, includes the latest facing death. From the research that enhances our best practice frameworks for palliative care in the knowledge and understanding of the dying process, UK and Ireland, and looks at older people’s and of the many different ways that we choose to attitudes towards dying and the importance of grieve, to the professionals setting the standards spirituality in the end stages of life. There are and particularly those who work on the frontline stories of people who are or have been involved in delivering and maintaining those standards. There the palliative care process: from a carer’s take on is, after all, no complaints procedure for the dead. things and a palliative care patient who has There are of course, procedures and processes for thankfully survived the process, to a relative’s families and carers, but by then, it is too late. perspective, whose story is both heartbreaking and Putting this edition together has been challenging, frustrating. We have also included a different post- interesting, useful, and above all, thought-provoking. death perspective, namely, what the relatives who I hope it does all of the above for you too. Michéle Hollywood Editorial Board Chair, ERoSH Deborah Klée Independent Consultant Caroline Bernard Policy and Communications Manager, Counsel Ann Mackay and Care Executive Director of Community Care, English Community Care Association Nick Bishop Consultant Claudine McCreadie Consultant Katerina Clarke Communications Manager, Action on Elder Abuse Carolyn Robertson Jenny Desoutter Research and Development Manager, Active Age Unit, Freelance Consultant Age Concern England Dyllis Faife Fiona Thomas Freelance Consultant Editor, Working with Older People Karen Gerty Carol Wardle MIND in Brighton and Hove Commercial Manager, Centre for Sheltered Housing Studies Eleanor Gibson Operations Manager, Westminster Advocacy Service Toby Williamson for Senior Residents Head of Policy, Mental Health Foundation Working with Older People September 2007 Volume 11 Issue 3 © Pavilion Journals (Brighton) Ltd

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