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PALLIATIVE CARE
FOR ALL PROGRAMME
Everyone with a life-limiting disease should have access to palliative interventions appropriate to their needs throughout the care pathway and to hospice care if required as their illness progresses.
Since 2006 IHF has sought to address equity issues in this area through a number of studies, projects and programmes. Please click on the links below for more information.
Night nursing service for people with diseases other than cancer. People with cancer have access to night nursing through the Irish Cancer Society.
Extending Access Study and Palliative Care for All Report
Implementation of the recommendations of Palliative Care for All Report
Disease-specific Research Projects and Developments:
Palliative Care and Dementia Action Research Project
Palliative Care and Heart Failure Action Research Project
Palliative Care and Advanced Respiratory Disease Action Research Project
Other Life-limiting Diseases
Palliative Care and the Care of Older Persons
Education
The Extending Access Study examined the palliative care needs of people with life-limiting, non-malignant diseases. This joint study with the HSE focussed initially on the palliative care needs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, those with dementia and those with heart failure. Its findings are relevant to all life-limiting diseases. The Report of this Study "Palliative Care for All - Integrating Palliative Care into Disease Management Frameworks" was published in December 2008.
The Palliative Care for All Report can be downloaded here. Palliative Care for All
A summary booklet on the key messages of the Palliative Care for All report containing details of additional resources and information can be downloaded here. Palliative Care for All - Key Messages (booklet)
A DVD describing expectations from the 3 action research projects taking place in Advanced Respiratory Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure and Palliative Care can be downloaded HERE .
Palliative Care for All Programme
A process is underway to support and implement the recommendations of the report Palliative Care for All. Communiqués detailing progress and updates are available for download by clicking on the appropriate link below:
Palliative Care for All Communiqué 4 August 2010
Palliative Care for All Communiqué 3 February 2010
Palliative Care for All - Communique 2 August 2009
Palliative Care for All - Communique 1 May 2009
Posters on the Palliative Care for All Programme can be downloaded here.
Palliative Care for All (General) Poster February 2010
Palliative Care for All Poster September 2009
Palliative Care for All Poster May 2009
Palliative Care for All Poster 2008
Information on the Palliative Care for All Programme includes developments in relation to palliative care and dementia, heart failure and COPD, links on other life-limiting diseases and initiatives in relation to education.
Palliative Care and Care of Older Persons
Older Persons Services continue to have a key role in the care of older persons as they near end of life. Developing clarity on the role of palliative care in disease management frameworks will further assist the end of life care of older people. The outcomes from the three action research projects in Dementia, Heart Failure and Advanced Respiratory Disease will inform developments in these areas and will link with Older Persons Services.
A poster setting out summaries of these and other IHF initiatives in relation to palliative care and care of older persons can be dowloaded here. Palliative Care and the Care of Older Persons
Education
The theme of the Moving Points Conference at Our Lady's Hospice, Dublin, held on 3rd and 4th March 2010 was "Crossing Boundaries: addressing the need to integrate palliative care in disease management." The conference was a collaboration between Our Lady's Hospice and the Irish Hospice Foundation and addressed some of the issues which arise in the Palliative Care for All report.
The Palliative Care Education Taskforce (PCET) made a submission to the HSE Education, Training and Research committee on the educational needs identified in the Palliative Care for All report. Click here to download this submission. Submission from PCET
The PCET has developed an education database which provides information about palliative care, end-of-life care and bereavement courses available in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
In October 2009 Northern Ireland Hospice held an all-Ireland International Conference - Pushing the Boundaries in Palliative Care and End of Life - which had a specific focus on palliative care for people with diseases other than cancer.
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