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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p><strong>The proposal for a <em>Pilot Project on Relating Well to Residents in End-of-Life Care</em> was prepared in response to a desire to improve the quality of communication between staff and residents and between staff and residents’ families and friends in a residential unit for Older Persons in <st1:city><st1:place>Dublin</st1:place></st1:city>. </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>While the issue of poor/insufficient communication between staff and residents in community hospitals predates the arrival of overseas staff, their presence highlights an existing problem and necessitates a culturally sensitive response. &nbsp;Sixteen different nationalities are represented on the staff and over 80% of Staff Nurses, 50% of Managers and 40% of Care Assistants were born and trained outside <st1:country-region><st1:place>Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Staff Nurses and Nurse Managers work in a context where few Irish role models for communication are available to them. This staffing profile is replicated in many other residential units throughout the country.</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>It is with the objective of improving the quality of communication in the Unit, and thereby increasing residents’ quality of life, that the current proposal for a pilot project was submitted.</strong></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </p> <p><strong>The proposal for a <em>Pilot Project on Relating Well to Residents in End-of-Life Care</em> was prepared in response to a desire to improve the quality of communication between staff and residents and between staff and residents’ families and friends in a residential unit for Older Persons in <st1:city><st1:place>Dublin</st1:place></st1:city>. </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>While the issue of poor/insufficient communication between staff and residents in community hospitals predates the arrival of overseas staff, their presence highlights an existing problem and necessitates a culturally sensitive response. &nbsp;Sixteen different nationalities are represented on the staff and over 80% of Staff Nurses, 50% of Managers and 40% of Care Assistants were born and trained outside <st1:country-region><st1:place>Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Staff Nurses and Nurse Managers work in a context where few Irish role models for communication are available to them. This staffing profile is replicated in many other residential units throughout the country.</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>It is with the objective of improving the quality of communication in the Unit, and thereby increasing residents’ quality of life, that the current proposal for a pilot project was submitted.</strong></p>