Palliative Performance Scale
Tool used to assess patient
To stay at home
MAID, euthanasia
Palliative care principles
apply to all care, whatever
the disease suffered by patient
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Specialist palliative care in units exclusively
by doctors and nurses who are accredited specialists
in palliative care.
Benefits of
Palliative Care:
Access to doctor
Access to nursing staff
24 hour care
Less stress on home life
of family
Pain Control
To stay in palliative care
Palliative Care Principles
Palliative Techniques or therapies
include all medical and surgical therapies
or procedures to palliate symptoms and
ease suffering
Hospice, Palliative Care Unit
Family
Role of LPN
Being culturally sensitive
messenger
advocate
caregiver
counsellor
Teacher
Medication Administration
Subtopic
Providing education about the medications
for the patient, the purpose of them and what
they do. Making sure they are taken correctly.
Teaching about the different routes for each: eg
injections for pain relief for the patient.
Care
Provide support and education for
the family. Provide nursing care in a
culturally sensitive fashion for the client
and family.
Home Care
Providing home care nursing support
as well as respite for the family. Providing
the family with a care aide to help alleviate
the burden of personal care for the patient.
and
Family Education
Providing the tools and guidance to care for loved
one in the home. Keeping the family up to date,
what to be aware of as their family member needs
change. What to expect.
Family Participation
Guiding the family through the palliative
process.
Non-pharmaceutical interventions
Teaching the family about the use of soft music
and lighting, other comfort measures such as
sips of water, changing position in bed and pillows,
other cultural
Bereavement Assessment Tool
Types of Care
Bereavement support
Patients and family members often need emotional support to face the losses associated with death and dying. Staff are called upon to provide this support, also support from the community can be utilized.
LPN Care
Main topic
Therapies
Spiritual
Spiritual and existential concerns treated the same as physical distress and pain. Support may involve a spiritual carer, providing dignity-centered care.
social
Suffering from many sources: extreme poverty, lack
of adequate food or clothing or housing. Sigma and discrimination, religious prejudice, financial hardship due to illness and unable to work.
psycosocial
Supporting and providing care in the home by home
support workers and members of the community
Well being of patient and their families
Symptoms of anxiety, depression, delirium,
need to be assessed and treated just as effectively
as the physical symptoms
Pain
Pain control
an approach that improves quality of life
of the patients by early identification, correct
assessment and treatment of pain and other problems
WHO definition of palliative care is an integrated
people centered health services at all levels of care to
relieve suffering.
