NUR272 Palliative, Rehabilitation And Continuing Care

Introduction

The core value that is work with the strengths and limitations of the patient and their caregiver/s and family to empower them in managing their own situation expresses that the children under the palliative care includes the family that is parents and caregivers in providing them care and in fulfilling the needs as a result of their illness. The children suffering from life limiting illness should be empowered and encouraged to lead a normal life along with their limitations and strengths. This empowerment is possible only when the children are supported and encouraged by their family members and the caregivers.  The significance of this core value is that it would be helpful for the children’s family to get the palliative care services in a malignant condition like the life limiting illness (Mills, Rosenberg and McInerney 2015).

Analysis and Evaluation (Synthesis of Knowledge)

In 1994, the Palliative Care Standards guidelines were developed by Australia in collaboration with the palliative care community to reflect and meet the needs of the individuals including children who are suffering from Life Limiting Illness and need appropriate end-of-life care. The Palliative care National Standards Assessment Program for the years 2010-2015 showed the assessment of the palliative care services delivered in Australia. In the year 2010, there has been a continuous progress in the participating centers in the where around 178 centers participated (Bradford et al. 2014). The reported data showed that there is an advanced care plan which provided the collated services to the population with special needs. In addition, there was documentation and reviewing by the team about the patients’ preferences. The families were also provided with the appropriate health information to meet their special needs and support them under the palliative care. Clinical assessment tools were also used to provide the patient centered palliative care. The tools include the patient interview tool, family evaluation tool and documentation tool for the assessment and evaluation of the palliative care services to the special population under the self-assessment cycles (Luckett et al. 2014). 

Discussion

The findings are relevant to the poster theme as the palliative care standards and core values are able to meet the needs of the pediatric palliative care suffering from limiting illness. The core values acts as guiding factors for the health care professionals in providing them the appropriate palliative care services ad empowering them by delivering proper support as they suffer from life limiting illness.  It also guides the palliative care professionals in delivering the best quality of end-of-life care with the collaboration from their families and caregivers (Phillips, Ingham and MacLeod 2015).

Conclusion

The evidence and the findings of the assessment report of the core values of the palliative care guidelines standard shows the palliative care team is trying to provide the support and empowerment to the children suffering from life limiting illness. Life-limiting illness shortens the life of a individual and affect their quality of life. The core values acts as guiding principles for the caregivers, healthcare professionals and their families to empower and encourage the children so that they are able to lead a quality life in the last stages of their life. The children should not feel incapacitated and learn to live with their strengths and limitations.

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