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Palliative Care & Advanced Care Directives

Lessons

Status

Target Audience

Nursing Staff

Goal

To maintain the highest possible levels of comfort, physically, mentally, emotionally & spiritually

Objectives

At the end of the session the participant should be able to:

  • Identify the indications of palliative care
  • Implement a collaborative approach with the necessary team members that will include palliative care planning
  • Ensure family and significant others involvement in care planning
  • Ensure appropriate legal personnel have been involved in issues regarding wills and property
  • Advanced care directives
  • Other palliative care needs person centred focused

Reference

NSW Government – NSW Health, ‘Health Reform: Improving Patient Care – What is Palliative Care’ viewed on the 1st of March, 2016 < http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/palliativecare/pages/default.aspx>

 

Australian Government – NSW Department of Health, ‘Palliative Care’, viewed on 1st of March 2016 www.health.gov.au/palliativecare

 

Australian Government – Authoritative information and statistics to promote better health and wellbeing, ‘Palliative Care’ viewed 2nd of March 2016 < http://www.aihw.gov.au/palliative-care/>

 

Australian Government – Department of Social Services, ‘My Aged Care – Palliative Care’ viewed on the 1st of March 2016 < http://www.myagedcare.gov.au/end-life-care/palliative-care>

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