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Community Palliative Care Team
The Community Palliative Care Team is multidisciplinary and consists of:
1. Trained Palliative Care Nurses providing:
- home visits and support for patients living at home or in residential care
- 24-hour phone access for advice
- liaison with general practitioners and other health professionals involved in the patient's care
- access to additional nursing support and some equipment to allow continued care at home
2. Specialist Palliative Care Doctors providing:
- support to Community Palliative Care Nurses, GPs, Medical Specialists and other health professionals caring for patients in the community
- Mercy Hospice Palliative Medicine Specialists are available 24/7 on the Doctor Direct line to discuss issues regarding current hospice patients or non-hospice patients
- home visits to community patients for medical assessments on the request of the patient's main health practitioner, predominately their GP or, if needs are identified by a Community Palliative Care Nurse, a visit will be arranged after consultation with the patient's GP.
3. Allied Health Team providing:
- Social work
- Counselling
- Māori support service (Kaiatawhai)
- Chinese liaison
- Spiritual liaison
- Occupational Therapy
4. Volunteers providing:
- transport
- some home visiting / support roles