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South East Palliative Care |
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Compassion ∙ Respect ∙ Excellence |
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About Us |
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To support people with a life-limiting illness to live with dignity, using the values of compassion, respect and excellence to guide our work. Our Past South East Palliative Care exists because of the inspiration and compassion of many individuals and local community groups who saw the need to enhance the care provided at home to people with a life-limiting illness. |
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Who we are SEPC is a non-government organization · We are a not-for-profit organisation, governed by a Board of Directors · We are accredited with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards · We are partly funded through grants from the State Government, with the remainder provided through the generosity of Trusts / Foundations, individual and organisational donors, and benefactors · SEPC is a registered charity, with donor gift recipient (DGR) status (all donations over $2 are tax deductible). |
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Our Future Our ambition for the future is to provide the best possible palliative care services to our community through: · A commitment to continuous quality improvement · Building meaningful relationships / partnerships · Striving for best practice in all areas of our work · Enabling culturally sensitive care partnerships. What is palliative care? Palliative care is care provided for people of all ages who have a life limiting illness, with little or no prospect of cure, and for whom the primary treatment goal is quality of life. The World Health Organisation describes palliative care as: “…an approach that improves quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention of suffering by early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychological and spiritual”. Palliative care: · Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms; · Integrates psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care; · Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible; · Offers a support system to help the family cope during the patient’s illness and in bereavement; · Uses a team approach to address the needs of patients and their families, including bereavement counselling if indicated; Is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and includes those investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications.” |