Evaluation Report on Community Palliative Care Support Project

1.1. Palliative care

social and spiritual aspects, and multidisciplinary support throughout the illness process. Hence, palliative

1.2. Need for palliative care services worldwide

people per year are in need of palliative care worldwide (Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, diseases.

1.3. Importance of community palliative care

group in the community is warranted.

1.4. Community palliative care services in Hong Kong palliative care service was centrally coordinated by the Hospital Authority, which has governed all the public spectrum of palliative care, including inpatient, outpatient and community, the focus was predominantly on

the limited development of community palliative care when planning a strategic service framework for

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Evaluation Report on Community Palliative Care Support Project

Published on Sep 1, 2021

Endless Care Services TWGHs

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals commissioned The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to study the effectiveness of Community Palliative Care Support Project (CPCS), and simultaneously to raise public concern on the needs of patients and family in community palliative care service, as well as to provide a platform for related frontline healthcare workers to exchange professional knowledge and experience. The research results show that CPCS is effective in relieving physical and emotional distress for patients and family when facing terminal illness. Communication among the patients, family members and medical practitioners is largely improved or enhanced through service investigation resulting in better disease management. Death is inevitable, but living with dignity and grace especially at the end stage of life is no doubt the ultimate wish of all human beings.