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The
Erie St. Clair End-of-Life Care Network enables the
shared expertise, experience and resources of formal
health care provicers across the region, working towards
a high quality, collaborative and consistent continuum
of care
What is Hospice Palliative
Care?
HPC provides physical,
psychological, social, spiritual and practical support to
people living with progressive, life-threatening illnesses
and their loved ones. Q & A
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Integrated System of Hospice Palliative Care
Planning - Erie St. Clair Regional Palliative Care
Planning assumptions developed by care providers in ESC include the
following:
- Palliative care needs will increase in ESC (at a level
higher than in the province as a whole).
- Status quo is not an option. There is a willingness
to look at new models.
- Model of care will be regional with local iterations.
- HR shortages (especially physicians) will continue into
the foreseeable future, therefore planning will:
be very creative with a goal to maximize
efficiency/effectiveness of current available
manpower (while recruiting).
- leverage the significant expertise
and strengths currently available.
- ESC unique solutions are required – create
local evidence based best practice and standards of practice.
- Palliative Care will continue to be required
and provided in all care settings.
- All sectors commit to work collaboratively
(address metrics, define models etc.).
- Increase in volume (as well as intensity)
will happen in community / non acute
care settings
and will be
resourced appropriately.
- Increase in intensity will occur in
Hospital
settings (e.g. assume role usually filled
by a
Tertiary Palliative Care
Unit).
- CCAC and the Expert Team will play
key roles in connecting the sectors.
- Planning projections will use
a Population Based Approach
(see
definition below).
- Education must be ongoing
to accommodate a fluid
workforce and continue
to build capacity.
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