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LivingHour.org is promising an English-Isaan (Isan) Dictionary, and claim that they "hope to have it released within the next couple months." It might pay to check them out periodically if this is the sort of thing you would like to have.
Some of their other Thai language books sound like they might be worth looking at, too.
DCO — their banner link is at the top of this post — has a Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook with MP3 CD by Asger Mollerup. Borrowing from their description:
From English to Thai, Isan and Lao
Much More Than a Phrasebook
A remarkable large book covering the central Thai,Isan Thai and Lao languages. It covers common phrases, vocabulary, grammar rules and the writing of the Thai and Lao alphabets. Words and phrases are written in both the Thai and Lao scripts plus phonetic spelling in English. Along with the MP3 CD this really is a unique teaching manual for anyone wanting to use these languages.
The book aims at:
Beginners, who want to know the basics of the languages.
Students who might know most of the vocabulary already, but want to learn to read and write and determine tones.
Advanced students, who already know Thai and want to know Isan or Lao
The people of Isan, who want to read and write Lao.
The people of Lao, who want to read and write Thai.
About the author:
Asger Mollerup, an architect, visited Thailand for the first time in 1988 as part of a group researching slum problems and the impact of tourism on local environments. He returned in 1990, and since then has been working in various fields: Writing articles, promoting alternative tourism, (bringing tourists to experience village life), tourism advisor in Vientiane and farm manager for a Danish dairy project in Isan.
Presently he is managing a forestation project in the Phu Phan Mountains of Mukdahan, Isan. He is doing research on minority languages in Isan and Laos, (mainly Phutai), and on orientation of ancient Khmer temples in southern Isan and Laos. He hopes this book will ease the way for other foreigners, who share the same attraction for Thailand and Laos, and wish to learn the languages.
Thai-software.com gives an excellent description of the language:
What is Isaan Lao?
Isaan (pronounced "ee-sahn") is the North East part of Thailand, with a population of about 20,000,000 people, most of whom speak Lao as their first language; many speak Thai as a second language. In the country of Laos, by comparison, there are only about 4,000,000 Lao speakers.
Isaan is also spelled "Esarn", "Esahn", "Esan", "Isarn", and "Isan". This is because there is no standardised phonetic system in Thailand.
As a whole, Isaan is relatively poor, with an economy based mostly on agriculture; however, droughts are common. As a result, many Isaan people work in the big cities, especially Bangkok. Most of the lower class jobs, such as maids, bargirls, taxi drivers, waitresses, etc., are filled by Isaan people, many of whom never completed high school. This was because of lack of income, not lack of intelligence.
Although Isaan people are fluent in Lao, it is not taught in Thai schools, and so they cannot read or write Lao characters, only Thai characters. When they write Lao words, they use Thai characters. The Isaan Lao dictionary in this project uses Thai characters, whereas the Lao dictionary uses Lao characters.
I may be wrong, but Thai Culture Publishing seems to be related to Thai-software.com. At any rate, they make this promise: "Coming soon, we will have Speak Easy Isaan Lao, which will help you learn the language spoken by a third of the people in Thailand." I very much like that for anyone who purchases the CD-ROM, "all updates are free. No subscription fees. No upgrade fees. Free. Forever." It might be worth considering!
An article that argues how the Lao language is being steadily eroded and undermined by Thai is the subject of considerable Lao forum activity, as you can see for yourself here. If the claims of the article are true, then it truly is a shame.
If you have not checked out Wikipedia's entry for Isan language, please do — it's very thorough.
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Dh works p/t half through previous unfortunate circumstances but half because he prefers it.
He enjoys his job and has less stresses than before.
Of course we are skint but I am a good budgeter!
So we cant afford treats but i bake to give dcs a treat for school break and occasional budget a 6 pack of crisps as these are dds favourite treat.
I used to have to hide them or dh would scoff them despite my saying these are for the dc. But recently we have had discussions and I expressed my frustration at having to go to the troubke of hiding treats. He should know as I do that we can only afford these as a little occasional treat for the dc. My treat is that I get to be a sahm, his treat is doing a piss easy job he loves p/t the kids miss out on stuff we could once afford so I like to get them a little treat for school snack every once in a while. They get fed up with scones/muffins/flapjacks that i have made.
Dh scoffed the last pavk of crisps that was in the basket for her snack today. Dh claims he ate them because only 1pack so thought it'd be ok. We have 2 school age dc and one preschool. Ds prefers a biccy as a treat so had one aside for him and crisps for dd who ended up in tears going to school with a biccy that she isnt fussed about.
Fed up wiyh everyone everyone making sacrifices and dh helpjng jimself to whatever he fancies :-(
So pissed off. Am i an unreasonable control freak?!
It is always possible to do cleaning, ironing, babysitting, pub work etc for extra money. How do you only have 2.5 hours per day to work when your dp is only part time? When he is not at work, you can work! It does sound like neither of you can be bothered to work enough to get yourselves out of this poverty, but arguing about crisps says your current situation isn't working.
Sorry but I don't think he is being overly unreasonable - i know i'm going against the grain here but he didn't think 1 packet was specifically meant for the children. And if he's earning the money why can't he have a pack!!!
but you said it was a personal choice?
Your 'treat' is to be a SAHM?
Sorry but it just seems there is not enough money to go around if a six pack of crisps is such a big deal - they cost maybe a quid a throw?
So since you're asking (and it's AIBU), I think one or both of you need to start thinking more of your family's needs and less of your personal desires to not spend time working. I can't think of anyone I know who would be able to live a comfortable lifestyle on one partner working PT and the other not at all - if it was that simple we'd all be doing it
Seems a bit of a waste of your years of Uni Education TBH.
Its not an ideal situation. The jobs are just not there. We are stuck where we are because of house situation. We have no family nearby to help with childcare and no way we could afford to pay childcare in holidays for 3 children. Tbh i would rather they went without snacks and had me there for them each day. Dc are happy in general but not when DH scoffs their treats. Last week Dd had an easter egg in fridge that she was making last having a little bit each day. One day she just found crumbs because Dh had been helping himself. She was gutted.
Dh can buy himself a pack of crisps or a six pack to keep at work. I dont mind him having a treat. I do mind him taking food from the dc.
The lack of moneh i can manage. Jis selfishness i cannot.
If one packet of crisps is such a big deal I think I would be looking at changing the family circs.
If your DH works part time can you not work on the days he has off?
Then you need to tell him that if he wants to eat whatever he fancies, he has the find the means to pay for extra food!
You say that it's not ideal and that the jobs are not there - maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick then... I was replying from the POV that this was a lifestyle choice, not that your H is trying to get a FT job but can't....
If your dh is only pt then i don't see why you can't find work to fit around his hours, evenings, weekends?
How about making longer gaps between treats, so that everyone can have a packet of crisps at the same time?
There's something wrong about food being earmarked for individual family members and not shared by all (unless someone is on a special diet).
Sharing food together is a fundamental part of family life.
I would definitely look to up the hours or you to work as well. You said yourself that it's a luxury for you to be a sahm. Clearly it's not when you're bickering over a pack of crisps!!!
You can take on work that allows you to work from home, at night or during those 2.5hrs a day...? Editing work? Surveys on the net? Etc? Transcribing? It sounds like you're wasting your years of work experience and uni education tbh.
She doesn't wan to work, I,doubt people telling her to will make her want to.
Op what are your husbands hours. What does he do on his days off? Why do you keep talking about childcare? There have been many jobs staying at home mentioned, plus your dh is home two days? Have you thought about volunteering? What are you both doing to increase employability?
Jobs are just not there. We live in a tiny little place.
With any job that comes up so far there is a difficulty. Dh works tue/wed/thu 150 miles away. Believe me I have looked. I even applied for a job cleaning compost toilets but didnt get it anyway. Its often who you know here.
Sorry but a 12 pack of smart price crisps from Asda cost 67p, what sort of crisps are you buying for this to be such a massive issue?
he ate her easter egg.
he is selfish and I think you need to Have Words
I don't see how using your education to raise your kids is a waste
Lots of us have had to scrabble around to find a part time job that fits with school/children etc.
For a start if you were round here I could offer an hour's work every term time lunch time weekday to walk dogs. Even at minimum wage that's several bags of crisps.
Three shops and two pubs have signs out looking for staff.
And I'm about to advertise for a cleaner two hours a week.
Or if you don't fancy getting your hands dirty, I know the office two doors down are looking for an occasional proof reader.
I do agree that it takes a while to get to know people and a lot of jobs don't get advertised. I plead guilty, six of my staff are people I already knew, four of them I approached and asked if they wanted to do it, the other two approached me, but I already knew them, and only one was a stranger who approached me. She is however one of the best!
Can you not use your nursery hours for a full day or two instead of 2.5 hours every day?
That was you could work 3 days a week for example
But as pp has said you clearly don't want to work so...
Maybe you should stop buying crisps and treats full stop. Sounds like they cause more trouble than they're worth.
Your DH works 150 miles away 3 days a week? Surely travel costs are eating there way into your DH's wages?
I'm sorry but I agree with other posters, This situation is not fair for your DC's. Either your DH should go to work full time or you should find a job to help with your financial situation.
Fighting over a packet of crisps is not a healthy lifestyle for anyone.
Ok. Leaving aside the 'it's only 10p for a packet of crisps' argument. Have a labelled tupperware snack box for each of your dc. Put the chosen snack in there the night before and close lid. Put snack box in book bag. It is easy to snaffle a pack of crisps from a basket or a biscuit from a tin without really thinking. So make it less easy. Or at least give him a visual reminder.
Your dc's are learning that yours and your dh's wants and needs come before theirs. It's pretty shitty behaviour to eat a kids chocolate that they have rationed because they know treats are so rare. I know you don't agree with his behaviour but if he isn't willing to gain some self control then he or you need to step up so that their is more money in the pot.
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Have just read the thread properly and am that your H pinched your DCs Easter Egg! He's an arsehole.
I hear what you're saying OP -- you have lots of time to give your DC and that's more important than material things.
But, we're not talking about material things like ipods and ski trips and designer clothes. We're talking about cheap snacks. I don't think it's healthy for anyone to be holding these up as rare treats, something that has to be savoured over days and guarded carefully or else Dad will eat them.
It's actually normal human psychology to want little treats. Even in really poor countries where people live on a dollar a day, they still forgo necessities sometimes to have treats.
I do think your DH is behaving very badly, and I understand why you are upset, but I think you need to look at the bigger picture. Half a job between two adults is not really sustainable. You have four days a week when your DH doesn't work. Even a few hours of random work here and there could make a big difference.
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|Oh no, Ted. Gambling is the Devil's work. Ruined my father and my grandfather, both died without a penny to their name.
|~ Father O'Dwyer's reason not to buy a raffle ticket.
Father Billy O'Dwyer is a minor villain from the Irish comedy TV show Father Ted. He is a DJ operating on Craggy Island under the name "The Spinmaster", and suffers from a severe addiction to gambling.
He was portrayed by Gerry O'Brien.
Father O'Dwyer appears in season 2 episode 2 "Think Fast, Father Ted", as the DJ Ted hires to provide the music for the raffle he's holding in order to raise funds to fix Craggy Island Parochial House's leaking roof. When O'Dwyer turns up at the raffle, he explains to Ted how the DJ turntables work, but then he reveals that he has only brought one record with him (due to forgetting the others), which he plays continuously. He then also wants to buy 2,000 raffle tickets after Ted convinces him to buy one, as it's all in the name of charity.
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- The one record the Spinmaster brings with him to the raffle is "Ghost Town" by the Specials. It plays repeatedly throughout the night, and again when Ted asks for the Irish National Anthem to play.
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The Farmout Agreement ("FOA") that is to be finalized for both blocks shall be subject to normal due diligence and approvals. The FOA will be executed within 60 days from date of notification of the option being exercised. The outline terms of the FOA are agreed as follows:
Maersk Oil, as operator, has previous experience in HP/HT drilling in this area of the Central North Sea. This Farmout transaction will enable Maersk Oil to fully employ its HP/HT technical capability in blocks 29/4b and 29/5e.
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Cotton Candy Problems:
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the other characters, Rumiko Takahashi does.
By: Sango 45
"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed, "SIT!!"
"Oaf" the half demon shouted muttering muffled curses as he kissed the dirt from the effects of the enchanted rosary around his neck.
"Why do you have to go to your time for another one of your stupid tests?! You always fail anyways!"
"Sit!" She yelled angered by his insult, and continued to walk in the direction of the bone eaters well.
"Damn it!" Inuyasha yelled as Kagome disappeared from his sight. I should chase after her and- his thoughts were interrupted by a familiar high-pitched "Kagome!!" It was the young kitsune Shippo, who they saved from the thunder brothers when he was recently orphaned. He had an attachment to Kagome, he even considered her to be his second mother. Inuyasha smirked She won't be able to leave poor Shippo all alone, he thought mockingly She'll have to stay for Shippo! Inuyasha crept up to where they were, hid behind a tree out of their line of view and listened.
"Shippo I'll only be gone for two days! Would it help if I gave you something from my time?"
What? How come when I ask her to stay she sits me and she gives the brat stuff from her world? Inuyasha thought, jealous that Shippo was being treated better than him.
Shippo who was staring glumly at the ground perked up immediately at her words. "What is it Kagome?" Shippo asked cutely. He loved anything from Kagome's time. Everything was so cool. You could even make a portrait with the push of a button if you used a camera!
"It's called cot-ton can-dye." She said slowly emphasizing the word cotton candy. "It's kind of like cotton only sweeter and edible, you'll like it." She glanced at her watch," Oh no I've got to go, here Shippo." She said handing him a bag. "Bye" and jumped into the well that transported her to modern day Japan.
Shippo gazed at the well for a few more seconds sadly, then remembered the bag he had. Hmm he thought I wonder how I open it "Oh yeah!" He said "This is How Kagome opened her bags!" As he ripped the bag open Inuyasha's senses were taken over by the smell of strawberries and sugar. 'Mmmm' Inuyasha thought closing his eyes and sniffing the air 'that smells good!' When he opened his eyes again Shippo was gone.
"Where the hell is that brat?!" Inuyasha yelled.
When he found Shippo's scent it lead him to Kaede's hut. He went inside to steal the cotton candy from Shippo and when he walked in he was engulfed in the sweet smell of it. He closed his eyes and appreciated the smell and everything else around him was slowly turning into a blur. He was pulled from this daze when the sound of Shippo leaving filled his ears and the smell of the cotton candy left too but still lingered a tiny bit... on Miroku's mouth.
"WHERE IS IT?!" Inuyasha roared at the calm, collected monk.
"Where is what, my good fellow" Miroku asked coolly.
"You know very well what!" Inuyasha bellowed.
"Oh you mean that delicious, luscious, flu-"
"Yes, the cotton candy!" Inuyasha screamed as loud as he possibly could.
"I believe Shippo went down to the springs to share it with the fair ladies and lovely Sango." Miroku said as he got a lecherous look on his face. Inuyasha sprinted off into the direction of the springs. When he got there his face turned deep scarlet and he jumped up into a tree and sat on a branch not facing the springs.
He was once again engulfed in the sweet aroma of the cotton candy. He loved it so much that he started to drift off and fell off the branch into the springs.
"Eeekkkk!!!" the ladies screamed. "It's a hanyou hentai!!!" then started throwing rocks at him.
When he got out of the springs Sango, who had a towel on, hit him on the head twice as hard as she did Miroku and said, "I can't believe you would do something like this, maybe Miroku but not you!"
At the mention of his name Miroku popped out of a bush and said, "Oh I thought I heard a demon out here and came to see if you were all alright. Well, now that I know you're O.K. can I ask you something?"
"What is it?" came Sango's irritated reply.
"Will you bear-" he was cut short when Sango's hiraikotsu collided with his head and knocked him unconscious.
"LEAVE!!!" screamed Sango "AND TAKE HIM TOO!!" Inuyasha, not wanting to argue with a very angry demon slayer, obliged.
Inuyasha brought (more like dumped) Miroku to Kaedes hut. He sniffed Shippo out and found him at the god tree crying. "Oi brat what's wrong?"
"Some mean demon stole my cotton candy!" Shippo blubbered out.
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha roared. "Which way did it go!?" Inuyasha asked.
"That way." Shippo said as he pointed to the forest named after Inuyasha.
"I'll get that demon!" Inuyasha yelled. 'Wow Inuyasha is being really nice!' Shippo thought. "
"You better not eat it all! I never got any and if you do, I'll rip your insides out and feed them to you while you're still alive!" Inuyasha shouted as he chased after the demons scent. Shippo sweat dropped 'so much for that idea!'
When Inuyasha found the demon he had to plug his nose so the scent of the cotton candy wouldn't hypnotize him. It was a neko demon and looked about seven (in human years), which would make it about 14 in demon years. "Give that back to me or else!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Or else what?" The neko demon asked.
"Or else I'll cut you up and then take it." Inuyasha replied.
"I doubt that." the neko said, and then snapped her finger. A sword appeared in the demons hand. "Let's battle" The neko said.
"Gladly" Inuyasha said and smirked at the size of the demons sword, a mere toothpick compared to the butcher knife that was Inuyasha's sword. He whipped out the tetsusaiga and easily defeated the demon only to find the bag empty. He cried for two days straight.
I made this story when I was twelve, lol, it's horrible, but you can't expect perfection from a twelve year old, now can you?


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I love when I find good cake mix recipes because I know I will usually have all of the ingredients on hand! These Peanut Butter Cake Mix Bars were perfect for someone like me who can't quite seem to get enough peanut butter into my diet, but don't like to spend a ton of time in the kitchen! So easy, and so delicious, you'll be making them for every occasion!
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- Crust
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- 1 egg
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- 1/4 cup canola oil
- Filling
- 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
- 3/4 cup chopped peanuts
- 1 cup chopped Reese's (I used the Reese's Minis and cut them into thirds!)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix cake mix, the egg, canola oil, and peanut butter in large bowl.
- Mix with large spoon (or hands) until it makes a crumbly dough.
- Press 3/4 dough into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan.
- Set the 1/4 dough mixture aside.
- Pour entire can of sweetened condensed milk over the pressed dough.
- Then sprinkle peanuts, peanut butter chips, and Reese's on top.
- The remaining dough should be a little crumbly, sprinkle what's left over the condensed milk and toppings.
- Most of the middle layer should be covered.
- Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
- Cool for at least 45 minutes before serving, or dig in with a spoon right out of the oven for a gooey warm peanut butter treat! ;)
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Fieldbus Foundation's DDL specifications granted to IEC
Austin, TX—The Fieldbus Foundation recently provided a copyright to the FOUNDATION fieldbus Device Description Language (DDL) specification to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC, Geneva, Switzerland) for inclusion in the international Electronic Device De-scription Language (EDDL) standard.
Austin, TX— The Fieldbus Foundation
DDL is a text-based language for describing the characteristics of field devices used in device networks. Automation suppliers developing devices based on FOUNDATION fieldbus, HART and Profibus specifications use DDL to create Device Description (DD) files, which provide in-formation on parameters and other data in a device. DDL is used to develop DDs that describe parametric information for field devices and convey digital information such as device status, process data and configuration information. Thousands of devices in the field use DDL, which was further validated in a recent evaluation by Infraserv Höchst (Frankfurt, Germany), a leading European consultancy.
'The IEC, one of the most widely recognized standards organizations in the world, understands the importance of the Device Description Language to the thousands of end-users who depend on it for their plant networks,'' says Richard Timoney, FF's president and ceo. ''The Fieldbus Foundation has always supported the international standards bodies in their work to bring about proven technologies as standards to be utilized on an international basis.''
IEC harmonized FF's specifications into a single standard, and approved a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for the new standard in August 2002. This PAS is presently being circulated for approval, so it can eventually become an IEC Draft International Standard.
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Rob Chesson was having such a good game Friday night that he had no idea exactly how many times he reached the end zone.
The Old Mill senior running back rushed for 306 yards and scored seven times, breaking a state record for touchdown runs in a season as the No. 3 Patriots trounced No. 4 Catonsville, 49-20, in the Class 4A semifinals
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Sixteen wholesalers initiated a lawsuit claiming the tobacco firm's Wholesale Leaders 2003 program constitutes "price discrimination."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Philip Morris, the world's biggest tobacco company, is facing a lawsuit from U.S. cigarette wholesalers who claim that a new marketing program violates antitrust laws. Under the program, Philip Morris will sell cigarettes at different prices to wholesalers according to what proportion of their sales involve the company's brands.
Sixteen wholesalers filed legal action in a federal court in Tennessee claiming that Philip Morris's Wholesale Leaders 2003 program constitutes "price discrimination and attempts to monopolize," the Financial Times of London reported.
The best deal, the report claims, is reserved for distributors for whom Philip Morris brands such as Marlboro constitute up to 49.9 percent of their revenues. The new program, launched on June 30, is part of an attempt by Philip Morris USA, the U.S. tobacco arm of Altria Group, to combat the rise of "deep discount" cigarettes.
These cut-price brands have taken more than 10 percent of the U.S. cigarette market. Many come from small manufacturers that were not part of a 1998 legal settlement with the states that imposed heavy charges on the big tobacco makers to cover the "costs" of tobacco use.
Earl Booze, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, says the program puts distributors that sell a higher proportion of discount brands and lower proportion of Philip Morris products at an "extreme competitive disadvantage."
Those wholesalers would not be able to offer competitive prices for Marlboro, driving customers away. If these distributors suffered, the complaint continues, that could also harm the manufacturers of smaller, discount brands -- entrenching Philip Morris's dominant position. "We want an injunction that would prevent [Philip Morris] from either implementing or maintaining a discriminatory program, and then we are seeking damages as a result of the program," Booze said.
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During preventive maintenance of my workstations, one of my steps is to manually check for MS updates. All of the workstations are XP Pro-SP2.
I'm working on one that refuses to update dotnet framework 1.1 to SP1, and dotnet framework 1.0 to SP3.
I get ther following error message for both:
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Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Process id=0x4f0(1264), threadid=0x7e4(2020)."
I click OK for both and I get a message from MS update that they failed.
The workstation is performing well, so I don't know how badly this needs to be done, I just like to make sure that Windows is completely up to date.
Thanks for any ideas the Spiceworks community can offer.
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If you want to make sure they've got the latest version of .net you could just download it and install it manually.
I think that .net 3.0 is the latest version.
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Thank you Dinklock,
I just want to make sure that all of the workstations are current as far as MS update is concerned. Security updates mainly.
If there applications are running well, and Windows is secure, I'm happy.
I still would like to just get the updates for 1.1 and 1.0 installed.
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After you: conversations between patients and healthcare professionals in planning for end of life care
Palliative care in other conditions
This study explores with patients, carers and health care professionals if, when and how Advance Care Planning conversations about patients' preferences for place of care (and death) were facilitated and documented.
The study adopted an exploratory case study design using qualitative interviews, across five services delivering palliative care to cancer and non-cancer patients within an urban and rural English region. The study recruited 18 cases made up of patients (N = 18; 10 men; 8 women; median age 75); nominated relatives (N = 11; 7 women; 4 men; median age 65) and healthcare professionals (N = 15) caring for the patient. Data collection included: 18 initial interviews (nine separate interviews with patients and 9 joint interviews with patients and relatives) and follow up interviews in 6 cases (involving a total of 5 patients and 5 relatives) within one year of the first interview. Five group interviews were conducted with 15 healthcare professionals; 8 of whom also participated in follow up interviews to review their involvement with patients in our study.
Patients demonstrated varying degrees of reticence, evasion or reluctance to initiate any conversations about end of life care preferences. Most assumed that staff would initiate such conversations, while staff were often hesitant to do so. Staff-identified barriers included the perceived risks of taking away hope and issues of timing. Staff were often guided by cues from the patient or by intuition about when to initiate these discussions.
This study provides insights into the complexities surrounding the initiation of Advance Care Planning involving conversations about end of life care preferences with patients who are identified as having palliative care needs, in particular in relation to the risks inherent in the process of having conversations where mortality must be acknowledged. Future research is needed to examine how to develop interventions to help initiate conversations to develop person centred plans to manage the end of life.
There is some evidence that, where implemented, Advance Care Planning (ACP) has positive outcomes in terms of patients dying in their preferred place of care and death, increased satisfaction of family carers and reduced costs for health care
The paper reports on one element of a broader study which set out to investigate issues of choice and decision making in end of life care (EOLC) from the perspective of patients, their family members and HCPs involved in their care. One of the key objectives in our study related to the
The End of Life Care Strategy (EOLCS) for England
The study utilised a retrospective audit of care delivered in the last four weeks of life (this is reported on elsewhere
HCPs from each of the selected services were invited to take part in our study to participate in an initial group interview. From each service these HCPs were also asked to assist with recruitment of patients to the study. We asked HCPs to identify patients from their palliative care registere using the "surprise" question ("would I be surprised if this patient died in the next year?"). This has been recognized as one means of improving EOLC by identifying patients with a poor prognosis
In the initial interviews with patients, we asked them to tell us about their understanding of their illness and current state of health/illness. We explored how they felt about the care and support they were receiving from family, friends and HCPs and in their view, how well-informed they felt they had been by HCPs. We covered similar topics with relatives (sometimes in separate interviews and sometime in a joint interview with the patient – we discuss issues relating to this in a later section). Most relevant to this paper we explored experiences of discussions between patients, family, friends and with HCPs, including discussions about future care, preferences for where patients would like to be cared for and any documentation of those discussions. Similar themes were explored in the follow up interviews with an emphasis on exploring what may have changed or stayed the same and why, in terms of patient preferences. Towards the end of the study we invited HCPs involved in the study to take part in a follow up interview to reflect and comment on the individual clinical cases that they had referred to us (patient consent included agreement for us to discuss their case with a nominated healthcare professional). These follow up interviews provided an additional perspective on if and how discussions about PPC were initiated.
All interviews were digitally recorded then fully transcribed. Detailed analysis of the interview material was undertaken using a constant comparative technique
Issues relating to the initiation of discussions around PPC
This section reports primarily on findings from patient and carer interviews, but with some commentary from the follow up interviews carried out with HCPs, which adds an additional perspective to the accounts provided by patients and family carers.
Of the 18 patients interviewed, 13 were cancer or heart failure patients. Of these 13, 9 had a degree of 'open awareness'
The five participants who were in the nursing care home appeared least likely to have any degree of 'open awareness' or to have had conversations about their preferences for EOLCg. They were all long term residents (having lived in the care home between two and seven years); three (average age 84) had had strokes and two (average age 77) had MS. Two residents talked about their desire to return home to live (although in both cases care home staff and family members indicated that this was not a realistic option). In a follow up interview, the care home manager indicated that initiating conversations about residents' preferences for EOLC was rarely a priority, particularly when somebody was first admitted (unless 'admitted as a terminal individual').
We specifically asked whether patients had a PPC document. Only two patients had PPC documents in place that they were able to locate and show to the researcher; two patients were uncertain as to whether they may have completed a PPC document; one patient knew that her preferences were recorded in her notes but had no PPC document. Thirteen patients did not have a PPC document nor any recall of preferences being documented elsewhere. We did not ask direct questions about issues such as 'advance decisions to refuse treatment', often known colloquially as 'living wills', and 'lasting powers of attorney' but in asking questions about planning for future care, these topics were conspicuous in their absence in interviews with both patients and HCPsh.
Four participants appeared not to have engaged in any significant communication about EOLC preferences with either family members or HCPs. A key factor appeared to be that at the time of interview these patients reported being at a stage where they didn't want to think too far aheadi: For example, when asked if HCPs had initiated any conversations about her future care, one cancer patient responded:
This respondent also acknowledged:
At the time of interview she had surpassed all expectations on her prognosis. The metaphor of fighting can be one way of coping. While HCPs understandably would not wish to detract from that strategy, potentially it precludes the possibilities of conversations looking further ahead and planning for EOLC.
It is also possible that patients had had such conversations but either did not recall these when asked in the interview or perhaps did not want, at that point in time, to revisit those conversations. In an interview with the nominated HCPs providing P103 with care, they reported raising the topic of future care when first involved in her case (not mentioned by the patient in her interview) but had subsequently found it very difficult to know how or whether to broach the topic again.
Other participants reported some initial conversations about future plans but indicated that these had not been revisited for some time. One patient with heart failure reported some conversations with HCPs during a period when he was seriously ill and required hospitalisation but he had not subsequently followed up on these conversations:
This patient reported that when these conversations were initiated by HCPs, he wondered if they did so because he was close to dying; this may explain in part why he and the HCPs involved in his care had not revisited the discussions since, or had been reluctant to do so when he was feeling relatively better.
Another cancer patient reported not having had any conversations with HCPs about preferences for where he wanted to be cared for. However, in the interview he revealed that he had given some thought to future plans about where he wanted to be cared for and die.
In a follow up interview with the nominated HCPs involved in the care of this patient (after his death), they recalled difficulties in knowing how and when to initiate conversations with him about his preferences:
This patient died suddenly from a heart attack. It can be very difficult for HCPs to judge timing of initiating conversations with patients. As identified by the HCPs in this case, that may mean that discussions about preferences are never raised:
This example illustrates some the complexities involved. The patient gave some indication of his preferences to the researcher about his wishes. However, the HCPs felt he steered them away from such conversations, such that it was perceived to be too difficult and possibly unethical to open up discussions about his preferences for EOLC.
Patients and relatives rarely gave lengthy accounts of discussions about preferences for place of care and deathj. Only one set of interviews (joint initial and follow up interviews with a patient with cancer and his wife) provided a more extended illustration of ongoing conversations with HCPs on EOLC preferences. This patient had a PPC document in place, indicating a preference to be cared for and to die at home. At the follow up interview 6 months later the couple reported on discussions with the district nurses to address some of the practicalities as to how their preferences might be achieved, although the review and additional information was not recorded in their PPC document.
The nominated HCPs involved in the care of this patient reported that in this case it had been the patient and his wife had
It is interesting to note that the only case of apparently detailed discussion was initiated by the patient. The HCPs identified two key factors which enabled them to have initial and on-going conversations with the patient and his wife. First, that the couple were very open to having such conversations and second, that over time they developed a depth of rapport with this couple.
Health care professionals' reports of discussions with patients about preferences for end of life care
The above section presents HCPs views on specific cases, drawing on data from the follow up interviews carried out. Here we report briefly on more general reflections from the discussion group interviews with HCPs on a range of factors that influence if, when and how they initiate discussions about preferences for EOLC, summarized in Table
Gauging patients' level of awareness and/or denial (which may also be present at variable levels at different points in time) presents a key challenge for HCPs working with both heart failure and cancer patients. It can be difficult to have conversations about EOLC with patients who do not consider themselves to be in need of palliative care and/or who are seeking to maintain a positive attitude:
A number of HCPs reported that they waited for patients or family carers to raise the issues themselves:
Thus, to some extent, HCPs tended to rely on patients to explicitly raise issues for discussion rather than initiate these themselves. At the same time they were alert to cues from the patient or guided by intuition as to when to introduce issues around EOLC, what depth to go into and so on.
Factors mentioned in interviews with HCPs regarding judgments on timing included doing preparatory work and first building up a relationship with the patient and family:
Despite a preference for early referrals which enabled them to develop a relationship with the patient prior to raising sensitive and difficult issues, HCPs reported that a significant number of referrals are made 'late' i.e. in a patient's last few weeks or days of life.
This study provides insights into the different perspectives of patients, family carers and HCPs relating to discussions about patients' preferences for place of care and death. The findings indicate that this is a complex and sensitive area for all concerned. Our focus was on the PPC (Preferred Place of Care) tool, which at the time of our study was one of the main tools for good practice in EOLC in the UK (since renamed Preferred Priorities for Care). This remains the case but the policy framework around EOLC has also placed an increasing emphasis on ACP as a means of opening discussion relating to wider range of issues to be considered about care at the end of life.
However, on the ground, ACP is still a difficult topic to broach. Guidance on ACP for HCPs
Our findings indicated equal reticence on the part of the HCPs, who were often hesitant to take a lead for several reasons. These included concerns about causing distress, taking away hope or touching on topics that the patient was not ready to engage with. A key barrier for HCPs initiating conversations on the subject is a perceived concern about taking away any hope. However, there is some evidence to suggest that engaging in ACP discussions can positively enhance rather than diminish patients' hopes
Timing is another key issue identified in our study. The uncertain trajectory of patients' ill health can present an additional difficulty for HCPs in judging when to introduce discussions about EOLC, particularly for patients with long term conditions
Several studies have reported that most patients find it acceptable to engage in ACP discussions at the time they are diagnosed with a long term condition and may wonder why such discussions are not raised by HCPs at this point in time
Strengths and limitations of the study
Patients were referred to the study via HCPs who were asked to select individuals from their palliative care register using the "surprise" question ("would I be surprised if this patient died in the next year?"). However, the nature, relevance and ground for referrals to palliative care are not well-defined. It was difficult to ascertain the number and nature of interactions that patients had had with HCPs or the range of HCPs involved in this aspect of care. We had conversations with the referring HCP prior to the initial interviews with patients and their family members, seeking some information about patients' degree of awareness about their condition and prognosis. We used this information to guide us to some extent in how far we explored patients' perspectives on future care. Interviews were undertaken by researchers skilled in dealing with sensitive issues. However, establishing the degree of patients' 'open awareness' was not always easy; we aimed to ask the same questions but were more tentative in our approach to probe further with some participants. Consequently it was not always easy to fully explore aspects of PPC with patients. This limits the findings to some degree but is illustrative of the wider issues of how complex and sensitive these discussions are for all concerned, within the research setting and between patients, family members and HCPs.
Some interviews with patients and relatives were carried out separately and some jointly. This raises a number of issues, which have been widely debated. Valentine
All participants were self-selected, which may suggest some interest and willingness to engage in discussions about in the topics we were exploring. Nevertheless, we found evidence of hesitancy by all parties involved in the initiation of conversations about EOLC preferences; potentially levels of hesitancy or resistance to such conversations may be greater in the wider population The interviews were exploratory and pragmatic in nature with a focus on reported discussion of preferences around EOLC. The findings offers particular insights through triangulation of the follow up interviews with patients/carers and the HCPs involved in the delivery of palliative care. A major limitation of our study is that we were not able to conduct follow up interviews for all the cases. Several factors involved included delays in approvals to approach the selected sites, the involvement of HCPs who had many other priorities on their time and attrition through ill-health and death; these are all factors which impact on research of this nature. The study also had limitations with regard to the cultural mix of participants since all patients recruited to the study were white UK nationals. Research indicates that openness to discussion of preferences for EOLC can differ according to ethnic and cultural background
Despite moves to embed ACP in policy and legal frameworks, its full potential is not being fulfilled. Choosing if, how and when to raise the issue of EOLC preferences, including ACP, is clearly difficult for all concerned. Not all patients in our study expressed a preference to engage in such conversations, which suggests that a uniform approach for HCPs to initiate discussions would not be appropriate. However providing openings to have conversations about EOLC preferences is preferable to not offering the opportunity for patients and family carers to talk about their concerns. Future research is needed to examine the development of interventions to begin the person centred conversations necessary to develop plans to manage EOLC according to patients' needs and preferences. This work needs to address the benefits of doing so but also management of the risks inherent in the process of having conversations where mortality must be acknowledged.
aThis has since been renamed the Preferred
dFor example, the National End of Life Care Programme published Advance Care Planning: A Guide for Health and Social Care Staff, August 2008. This was revised again to take account of further developments, and republished in 2011
eA Palliative Care Register is a register of those patients thought to be in need of palliative/supportive care or in the last year or so of life. Setting up a register forms part of the first level of the Gold Standards Framework Programme where adopted by Primary Care Teams in the UK.
fSome patients opted to nominate two HCPs in instances where HCPs worked closely together and sometimes made joint visits to patients.
gGuidelines from the Royal College of Physicians
hThe data were collected immediately prior to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 becoming law in 2007.
iAll participants were anonymised. Patients were given a number which was also linked to the different study sites. For example Patient 104 is the fourth patient interviewed from Site 1. We have used a generic term HCP for health care professionals interviewed to avoid identification, just indicating the different sites and distinguishing between discussion group interview data (DGP) and follow up interview data (FU). Participants included one GP, several district nurses, community matrons and Macmillan nurses.
jIn part this may have been because we did not prompt fuller discussions of their preferences. In some instances we also looked for cues of patients, particularly when we had been briefed by health care professionals to take an indirect approach. Some patients quickly changed the subject, several became emotional.
Competing interest
The Authors declare that there is no competing interest.
Authors' contributions
KC and JS conceived the project and secured project funding. KC, JS, KA and NM contributed to the design of the study, development of the data collection tools. KA and NM undertook the data collection. All authors contributed to data analysis and helped draft the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
We thank all participants for their time and contributions from colleague Davina Porock.
The study was funded by the Mid Trent Cancer Network, PCTs in Lincolnshire and the National End of Life Programme. The funders approved the study design but had no role in determining the design and no input into: the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors. All authors declare independence from the study funders.
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