Palliative Care
Our Palliative Care Service aims to offer
appropriate supports and measures to help ease the burden of life’s
demands during stressful and challenging times for people. A
multidisciplinary team approach involving a broad cross section of
caregivers is part of the inpatient service. A key part in
achieving the holistic and essential focus on continuity of care is
good collaboration between St John of God and - community based
services, internal and external carer support systems, and other
specialist palliative care providers.
Palliative Care at St John of God Geelong
seeks to:
- uphold and contribute to the Mission and
Values of St John of God
- reflect the compassion of Jesus Christ to a
suffering and vulnerable community in times of complex and serious
sickness
- and aims to meet social needs
In defining the St John of God mission, the
symbol of a pomegranate containing five seeds is
representative of the Values of how this Mission is
articulated.
Likewise Palliative Care has five domains of
focus which closely align and reflect similar values.
These are:
social support -
Hospitality- spiritual care &
nurturing - Compassion
- cultural
acknowledgement - Respect
- psychological respect -
Justice
- physical assessment and
care - Excellence
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