Rural Palliative Care Project

 

Program Coordinator:  Julie Kellow

 

Email: j.kellow@gpasouthgippsland.com.au

 

Funded by:  Department of Health & Ageing

 

The palliative care services across South Gippsland aim to achieve an integrated service across all aspects of care. This is supported by the underlying principles of the Federal Government Palliative Care Program, which are:
  • To enhance common understandings of the models of rural palliative care services between the Divisions and key stakeholders, including palliative care services
  • To strengthen links between palliative care and mainstream service delivery, taking into account the broader consumer and community interests
The elements of the project are to:
  • Maintain a governance model that is multidisciplinary in nature.
  • Implement strategies that improve and /or increase the utilisation of General Practice services for palliative care patients.
  • Local palliative care service providers are formally linked with specialist palliative care services within the area or to the closest tertiary service.
  • Patient Held Record will be implemented distributed and evaluated.
  • To continue and maintain MDT meetings with relevant care providers. 
Specialist Palliative Care Physician- Telephone Consult Support
Dr Brian McDonald can be contacted during business hours on   9784 8600
GPs invited to participate in monthly MDT- face to face or via teleconference
MDT meetings are held in BCCHS, BCRHS and GSHS on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
 
This website section has been brought to you by the Rural Palliative Care Project GPA South Gippsland, funded by the Commonwealth Government Department of Health and Ageing. Thanks to Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice's Rural Palliative Care Project for permission to use their Website as a guide.

 

Useful Links


Palliative Care Australia
www.palliativecare.org.au

Palliative Care Victoria
www.pallcarevic.asn.au

The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
www.grief.org.au
Gippsland Branch: Moe 5127 9138 or 0447 710 142
Counsellor Sally Cody - Mondays, Tuesdays and some Wednesdays.

National Palliative Care Program

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/palliativecare-pubs-npcstrat.htm

 

The Rural Palliative Care Project

http://www.agpn.com.au/site/index.cfm?display=683

 

The Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium

http://www.gha.net.au/pc/index.asp


Palliative Care resources


GPA Catchment Palliative Care Directory 2010             


AGED CARE
PPCA Guidelines for Palliative Care in Aged Care


INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR NURSES
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