1. Patient Quality
{ Through Palliative Care
By Lisa Atherton

2. I chose to do my presentation on Palliative Care because Hospice has always drawn me in. When I
think of ‘Patient Quality’ I suddenly think of the Quality of Life that one deserves. After recently
visiting the Respite House in Williston Vermont I noticed that giving the patients the quality that they
deserve is the most important thing the staff can do.
I have also spent time volunteering at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Seeing the children when they’re at camp
brings a whole different view of life. The quality of life that they experience while they are at camp is
like no other.
There are circumstances when there is an abundance of quality that comes from
outside the hospital walls.
Why I Chose this Topic

3. Not to treat the
illness, but to relieve
{ suffering – Hospice can
provide care within a
designated facility or at
the patient’s home.
Palliative Care

4. A facility or program
designed to provide a caring
environment for meeting the
physical and emotional
needs of the terminally ill.
-Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk
Dictionary, 2005
Hospice

5. hospice treats the person, hospice care allows
not the disease; focuses on terminally ill patients
the family, not the and their families to
individual; and remain together in the
emphasizes the quality of comfort and dignity of
life; not the duration their home.
www.nahc.org

6. Hospice recognizes
dying as a normal
process.
{ Hospice affirms life.
Hospice treats the
whole person.
Importance of Hospice in Health Care
www.learningplaceonline.org

7. Routine Home Care
Continuous Home Care
4 General Levels of
Hospice Care General Inpatient Care
Inpatient Respite Care
In 2010, Routine Home Care comprised the vast majority of
hospice patient care days.
www.nhpco.org

8. With the knowledge of dying, comes the 5 Stages of grief-
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression & Acceptance.
A pioneer of Hospice, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is where these 5 Stages came from.

9. In Hospice, death is not delayed- dying and death are a part of life, the
quality of care can make the patient as comfortable as possible.

10. Bereavement Support from Hospice is a continued
commitment for both family members and for the
community at large.
For a minimum of one year following their loved
one’s death, grieving families of hospice patients
can access bereavement education and support.
www.nhpco.org/files/public/Statistics_Research

11. www.takumta.org