Palliative Care Australia’s National Standards Assessment Program (NSAP) will soon publish an evaluation report on its year-long project aimed at improving the assessment, planning and delivery of support to meet the needs of palliative care patients’ carers.
The project is the second carried out under NSAP’s Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Collaborative Project (CP). It reflects the acknowledgment of the importance of identification, not only by patients of their carers but also of the need to clearly establish carers’ roles and identify their specific needs…read more