Palliative Care Australia is Calling for Better End of Life Care Services!

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Palliative Care Australia is Calling for Better End of Life Care Services!

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In this week’s blog I want to pick up on a discussion and on suggestions that have been made in the last few weeks by palliative care Australia. “Palliative Care Australia is calling for better end of life care services!” Those discussions and suggestions have been made in relation to a “pre-budget” submission to the federal government!

The discussions and suggestions around end-of life care and palliative care in Australia aligns very well with most of the Philosophy of INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME, as we not only believe, but we are also strong advocates for Patients and their Families who want to have a genuine and dignified alternative to a long-term stay in Intensive Care!

The main points from Palliative Care Australia are summarised here and I have also attached their PDF statements in this blog:

PCA Media Release – Budget300114

PCA 2014-15 Pre-Budget Submission

So what are the facts?

• 75% of Australians would prefer to die at home, but less than 20% do.

• 70% of people who die each year would benefit from palliative care services, yet only about 25% access these services.

• Only 20% of aged care residents receive adequate palliative care.

• Fewer than 15% of people who died in residential aged care in 2011-12 were assessed as needing palliative care before they died.

• There are very few referrals to palliative care for people with diagnoses other than cancer.

• More than 50% of people who recently lost a loved one had not discussed end of life care with them, nor were confident their loved one’s end of life wishes were carried out.

‘Our research shows us that 70% of Australians think we don’t talk about death and dying enough and more than 50% of people who had recently lost a loved one had not discussed end of life care with them, nor were they confident their loved one’s end of life wishes were carried out,’ said Dr Luxford who is the CEO of Palliative Care Australia.

‘The majority in our community feel there is a need for greater public dialogue on this issue. Not only does the Government have an obligation to observe international developments, but it needs to listen to the community and keep in step with changing attitudes.’

The latest evidence suggests access to palliative care not only improves the quality of life of people dying from a terminal illness, their families and carers, but also reduces pressure on health budgets.

‘We are conscious that Budget savings are essential and that international studies demonstrate that palliative care service models result in cost savings through reductions in hospital admissions, emergency department visits, laboratory and intensive care unit costs,’ said Dr Luxford. ‘A Productivity Commission Inquiry could easily provide the local evidence to support these economic analyses in an Australian context.’

Access to palliative care is a basic human right and should be available to all people, when and where they need it. Dying Australians’ access to services that support them to live well at the end of life is essentially a lottery based on where they live, their diagnosis, background or age. This is an unacceptable situation...

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