{"id":3564,"date":"2021-11-11T14:41:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T04:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2021-11-11T14:41:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T04:41:44","slug":"space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/space","title":{"rendered":"SPACE supports end-of-life choice in aged care \u2013 HIGHLY COMMENDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 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data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/11\/space-1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"SPACE supports end-of-life choice in aged care \u2013 HIGHLY COMMENDED\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congratulations to Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care (SPACE) Project team who were highly commended in the innovation category of the Community and Oral Health Staff Excellence Awards for 2021<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">An innovative new project is having great success in Metro North to help improve people's choice around end-of-life care in aged care facilities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Community and Oral Health Community Palliative Care Staff Specialist Dr Bill Lukin said our Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care (SPACE) Project aimed to improve access to specialist palliative care and better coordination of end-of-life care for nursing home residents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"We are providing specialised support and advice to aged care facilities, so that care coordination is better placed to allow aged care residents to have their last moments in a place of their choosing,\" Dr Lukin said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"Our team is helping residents avoid being sent to emergency departments through better support, care, partnerships, education and planning.\"<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since commencement of the project in early 2021, the project team has visited\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0residential\u00a0aged care facilities in the Metro North catchment area.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"We understand that excellent care is being delivered in residential aged care, but people on an end-of-life pathway should not have to leave their homes to get the care that they need,\" Dr Lukin said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"Specialist palliative care clinicians from Community and Oral Health are visiting aged care facilities to guide discussions about end-of-life care with the aim of strengthening the skills and understanding of staff.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"They are providing support to patients, families, nurses and the GPs who visit aged care facilities.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"Using Palliative Care Needs Rounds we discuss the care of a handful of the residents who are nearing the end-of-life and who don't have a plan in place.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"This provides an opportunity for case-based education for staff on symptom and medication management, advance care planning, end of life law and communication.\"<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As part of the project,\u00a0partnerships and better connections\u00a0have been built\u00a0between residential aged care facilities and specialist palliative care services at hospitals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The SPACE Project is being delivered by\u00a0Community and Oral Health directorate under the Better Quality of Care \u2013 Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure to support older persons living in\u00a0residential\u00a0aged\u00a0care facilities.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An innovative new project is having great success in Metro North to help improve people\u2019s choice around end-of-life care in aged care facilities. <\/p>\n<p>Community and Oral Health Community Palliative Care 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