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NURS 517 Lecture 1 Questions answers latest update
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NURS 517 Lecture 1 Questions answers latest update
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NURS 517: Lecture 1what is palliative care - Palliative Care is care that improves the quality of life of
patients and families who face life-threatening illness, through the prevention and
relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and
treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual
what does pallium mean - to cloak, to cloak symptoms that are unable to be cured
what is the misunderstanding of palliative care - People have fears that things
are going to get worse with palliative care. But in fact, care
is often better, quality of life is better and there's evidence of that.
•___________ and ___________ Care are often viewed as the same leading to
much confusion - -Hospice
-Palliative
•Of the 270,000 Canadians who die each year, 90% die of __________
_____________ (cancer, heart disease, organ failure, dementia or frailty - chronic
illnesses
•Canadians with cancer are ___________ more likely to receive palliative care
than Canadians with other conditions - 3 times
, •_______ of Canadians who received palliative care did so in acute care in their
last month of life - 62%
-Not cared for as well as we could
-90% of people who die could benefit from palliative care
-Many individuals aren't getting the palliative care that they deserve or need
-Palliative began with understanding cancer
-Where you live in canada determines the palliative care you will get
-Funding
-Alberta has pretty good palliative
-People are receiving palliative care too late into their illness
-Care for patient and familiy -
The PEOLC Program follows approx. 50% of CZ deaths and of those known to
PEOLC:
42% died in Hospice
33% died in Hospital
8% died in LTC
14% died at Home
3% died in ED or in transit to ED - The Care Context: Calgary Zone (CZ)
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