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Palliative care in the community aims to provide relief from suffering and improve the quality of life for both terminally ill individuals and their families.
ICCM’s ethos acknowledges that suffering is more than physical distress and terminally ill individuals require a combination of physical, psychological, social and spiritual care.
ICCM’s specialist Palliative Care Teams, consisting of a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, Team Facilitator, Senior Carer and Home Care Workers, take this holistic approach.
ICCM fully believes that –
- People should be allowed the opportunity to die in their preferred place of care
- Each client should be treated with dignity & respect – having their voices heard in decisions about treatment & care
- Partnership working with local multi-disciplinary teams improves communication & coordination of care.
- Each individual’s quality of life is improved
- The family receive support during their loved ones illness, and subsequently, during the bereavement process.
In order to provide this sensitive, responsive support ICCM recruits, develops & assesses carers in-line with acknowledged levels of competency: -
- Communication skills
- Quality orientation
- Principles of palliative care
- Educational requirements
- ICCM philosophy
- Practical application of guidelines & skills
- Support techniques for grieving families
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