Palliative care for people with mental illness

Goal of my thesis is introducing palliative care for individuals with mental disabilities and to point out how necessary it is in the Czech Republic. My thesis is focused on defining palliative care, it's levels, forms and the providers of this type of care. Thesis continues on to define mental disabilities, the qualification and possible causes. The key part is dedicated to palliative care for individuals with mental Disabilities. My work also contains information about how the patient, family and the people surrounding him or her is dealing with the disability. We will answer to the question whether it is a good idea to inform an individual with a mental disability about the death of a someone close to them. In the last part of the thesis you will find out about the only service which is offered in our country to individuals with mental disabilities regarding palliative care at home. In last past is introduced one and only services in our country that offers patients with intellectual disabilities palliative care in their homes