Can specially trained community care workers effectively support patients and their families in the home setting at the end of life?

This study suggests that satisfactory outcomes for patients and their families who wish to have end‐of‐life care in the home can be enabled with the additional support of specially trained CCWs. A notable benefit of the PCHSP model, which provided specific palliative care vocational training to an existing community care workforce, was a relatively rapid increase in the palliative care workforce across the state.
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research