National Healthcare Communication Programme
Designed to support healthcare staff to learn, develop and maintain their communication skills with patients, their families and with colleagues. The Programme is underpinned by the Core Values of Care, Compassion, Trust and Learning and builds on these values with a focus.
Think Ahead Planning Pack
Think Ahead Planning Packs guide provides a step-by-step through different options including the ‘My Persoanl Wishes & Care Plan; My Advance Healthcare Directive; and My Medical Summary Form. Think Ahead provides place to record preferences, heallthcare choices, and many more topics related to end of life and after death care choices, and many more topics related to your end of life and after death care.
Communicate Your Health
Understand Me, Speak to Me and Hear Me, are free mobile apps developed in association with the Communicate Your Health (Ireland) Partnership. All 3 apps are accessible resources to assist health care and palliative care professionals in caring for patients from diverse ethnic,religious and cultural groups and feature good practice guidelines/information for person-centred intercultural care and provide interpreter services.
Guideline for the Care and Management of a Central Venous Access Device for a Child in the Community
HSE Guideline for the care and management of a Central Venous Access Device and link to e-learning module ‘Connecting a Syringe Driver to a Child’s Hickman™ Catheter’ has been developed to support the guideline
Respite services for children with life-limiting conditions and their families in Ireland; a national needs assessment
The intention of this report is to provide a national overview of the current provision of and future need for respite care for children with life-limiting conditions.
Palliative care for children with life limiting conditions in Ireland – A National Policy
This national palliative care policy for children aims to provide a foundation upon which service development can take place.
Rapid Discharge Guidance
The aim of this guidance document and supporting tools is to facilitate the rapid discharge of persons from hospital who wish to die at home.
Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain in Adults
Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain in Adults
Adult Palliative Care Services Model of Care for Ireland
The aim of the Palliative Care model of care is that:
“Every person with a life-limiting condition can easily access a level of palliative care appropriate to their needs regardless of care setting or diagnosis in order to optimise quality of life.
Palliative Care Needs Assessment (PCNA) and eLearning Programme
The PCNA is a tool developed to support professionals in assessing the current and future palliative care needs of patients with life-limiting conditions. The primary outcome of a PCNA is to identify current needs and create an appropriate care plan to meet those needs. The eLearning Programme aims to ensure that people with palliative care needs will have the needs of greatest concern to them identified and responded to by skilled and confident staff across all care settings.