Needs Based Palliative Care: Development And Evaluation Of A Consumer Toolkit
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$68,500.00
Summary
People with advanced cancer and their caregivers may have a range of unmet physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Unfortunately, not everybody receives the type of help they need with these issues, or at the time they most need it. Our study will develop and trial a strategy aimed at helping patients and their caregivers to identify their own levels of unmet needs and to communicate these to their health care team, to improve needs-based palliative care.
Needs Based Palliative Care: Evaluation Of The Palliative Care Needs Assessment Guidelines And Palliative Care Needs Ass
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$32,799.00
Summary
People with cancer and their caregivers may have a range of unmet physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Unfortunately, not everybody receives the type of help they need with these issues, or at the time they most need it. In this study, we will assess the extent to which recently developed Palliative Care Needs Assessment Guidelines and a Needs Assessment Tool help to a) identify those advanced cancer patients and caregivers who have unmet needs and b) ensure they are offered the care ....People with cancer and their caregivers may have a range of unmet physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Unfortunately, not everybody receives the type of help they need with these issues, or at the time they most need it. In this study, we will assess the extent to which recently developed Palliative Care Needs Assessment Guidelines and a Needs Assessment Tool help to a) identify those advanced cancer patients and caregivers who have unmet needs and b) ensure they are offered the care that best matches their levels and types of need at the time they most need it.Read moreRead less