Hospital-based palliative care
Palliative care at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals
The Brilliant Palliative Care Project identified and promoted brilliant palliative and end of life care in an acute hospital setting ensuring care is safe, of high quality and exceeds expectations.
Key questions at the commencement of the project included
What is brilliant care from the prerspectives of patients and families requiring palliative care under the care of the general medical service at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals?
What do patients and their families with palliative care needs, value most while being cared for at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals?
How is brilliant palliative care provided and what are the conditions that are conducive to ensure patients and families receive brilliant palliative care
An innovative research technique (video reflexive ethnography) was vital in gaining consumer feedback and identifying practice improvements for people who are receiving palliative care at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals
The Brilliant Palliative Care Project highlighted exceptional care, identified the conditions to make it more likely and translated these findings into safety and quality processes to be adopted by the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals