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- Title
Telenursing in Hospice Palliative Care.
- Authors
Roberts, Della; Tayler, Carolyn; MacCormack, Diane; Barwich, Doris
- Abstract
During the last months of life, many people with advanced illness will be living in their homes. Coping with changing symptom & and ultimately preparing for death, becomes part of daily life. Whether the ill person is at home for days or for months, they depend on family or friends to be primary caregivers, supported by home-based services. However, after physician and home health offices close, many patients and their caregivers are left to cope alone. The authors describe an innovative partnership between B.C. NurseLine (a provincial tele-triage and health information call centre), the British Columbia Ministry of Health and Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care program that created after-hours access to care for dying patients and their families in one of Canada's largest health authorities. The article outlines how information and communications technology enabled merging the capacity and expertise of B.C. NurseLine with the expertise of specialized community-based palliative care services to achieve outcomes of improved symptom management, decreased visits to emergency rooms and enhanced support for families who are caring for loved ones at home, For nurses caring for home-based patients, there are lessons to be learned about how to maximize technology to create systems that both improve access to care and are sustainable in the future.
- Publication
Canadian Nurse, 2007, Vol 103, Issue 5, p24
- ISSN
0008-4581
- Publication type
Academic Journal