Palliative and End of Life Care Sample Clauses

Palliative and End of Life Care. 31.1 The Provider shall offer the Resident an early discussion and document preferences for end of life care, ideally within three (3) Months of admission, to include family/carers where appropriate.
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Palliative and End of Life Care. Palliative and end of life care activities aim to ensure patients are central to their own care planning and receive the right care, in the right place and at the right time. To enable this, the system of care needs to provide seamless, effective and efficient care by: Ensuring that the roles and responsibilities between the Commonwealth and NSW are clear across care settings; Building whole of workforce skills and capability in palliative and end of life care across all care settings; Improving the uptake and use of Advance Care Planning across care settings; and Improving the collection, sharing and use of palliative care outcomes data. Multidisciplinary Team Care Multidisciplinary team care activities are aimed towards building the capability of health care professionals to work together and deliver comprehensive patient-centred care that: Improves health outcomes and patient satisfaction; Make more efficient and effective use of resources; and Enhances job satisfaction for health care professionals. Multidisciplinary team care activities also aim to improve and better understand the evidence base for multidisciplinary approaches. Aged Care Aged care activities are aimed towards developing a system of aged care service delivery that is sustainable and integrated with the wider health system, including: Improved sharing of patient information across primary health care, acute care and aged care services, including through digital health enablers; and Supporting the health and care needs of older people to reduce avoidable hospital demand. Rural and Remote Rural and remote activities are aimed towards improving the delivery of health services in rural and regional communities by: Strengthening rural ehealth infrastructure; and Enhancing the rural health workforce. Mental Health Mental health activities are aimed towards improving and integrating mental health services and support across health systems to deliver person-centred care by: Improving Commonwealth and NSW government information and coordination, particularly in terms of mental health funding and programs; and. Improving workforce capabilities in mental health across the primary health, acute health and aged care sectors.
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Palliative and End of Life Care. The Parties recognise the importance of palliative and end of life care services to support people suffering terminal illness and their families. Palliative and end of life care aims to improve the quality of life of patients with an active, progressive disease that has little or no prospect of a cure. Strengthened and coordinated palliative and end of life health services can better support people with chronic and complex conditions to receive the right care, in the right place and at the right time, with greater participation in their care. To enable this, the Parties agree to a set of activities including integration, workforce support and Advance Care Planning, and data, as follows. The Parties will identify opportunities for better coordination of palliative and end of life care services across the primary, acute and residential and community aged care sectors for people with chronic and complex conditions. This will include clear articulation of the roles and responsibilities of the Commonwealth, NSW and other parties in relation to palliative and end of life care. Advance Care Planning is important for patients, families and healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive the care that they want, if they become too unwell to make their own health decisions. The Parties agree to work collaboratively to develop workforce support and improve Advance Care Planning in palliative and end of life care across all care settings by:
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Palliative and End of Life Care. Palliative care is care provided to individuals who no longer wish to receive cure-oriented treatment for their illnesses. The PACE interdisciplinary team will work with you to provide pain control and other treatments to promote your comfort and peace of mind. We also want to make sure, when the time comes, you get the best end-of- life care. The Fallon Health Xxxxxxxx-XXXX interdisciplinary team will work with you and your family/caregiver so that we can meet your needs and honor your wishes. We may give this care in many places, such as your home, someone else’s home, or in a nursing facility. Fallon Health Xxxxxxxx-XXXX remains involved with your care for the remainder of your life. Benefits cannot be transferred from the enrollee to any other person or organization.
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Palliative and End of Life Care. Palliative care is care provided to individuals who need aggressive pain management or other symptom control. It usually is provided when people are no longer receiving cure-oriented treatment for their illness. Palliative care is provided by the Rocky Mountain PACE team. We also want to make sure, when the time comes, that you get the best end-of life care. The Rocky Mountain PACE team will work with you and your family so that we can meet your needs and honor your wishes. You may receive this care in many places, such as your home, an assisted living facility that agrees to support your wish to stay in their facility at end-of-life, or a nursing facility.
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Palliative and End of Life Care. 18. Palliative and end of life care activities aim to ensure patients are central to their own care planning and receive the right care, in the right place and at the right time. To enable this, the system of care needs to provide seamless, effective and efficient care by:
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Palliative and End of Life Care. Palliative care is care provided to individuals who need aggressive pain management or other symptom control. It usually is provided when people are no longer receiving cure-oriented treatment for their illness. Palliative care is provided by the PACE team. We also want to make sure that when the time arrives, you get the best end-of-life care. The PACE team will work with you, your family and your designated authorized representative so that we can meet your needs and honor your wishes. We may give this care in many places, such as your home, an assisted living type of home or in a nursing home. Durable Medical Equipment (DME) The PACE interdisciplinary team members assess the need for all medical equipment. All equipment issued by PACE is the property of PACE and is to be returned to PACE upon disenrollment or death. The final decision to issue medical equipment is made by the interdisciplinary team. At the time of enrollment, if you have equipment that is rented and paid by Medicaid or Medicare, or another insurance company, it will need to be rented through PACE. If necessary, we will make arrangements to transfer items to us as your provider at the time of enrollment. It is your responsibility to inform PACE of any rented equipment. If a participant disenrolls for any reason, the equipment provided by PACE must be returned. XXXX will also assist you to get rental equipment from another medical supplier so you have the equipment you need.
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