The Pan-Canadian Gold Standards in Palliative Home Care: Toward Equitable Access to High Quality Hospice Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home
Why a Gold Standard?
To support provincial and territorial government efforts to fulfill their commitment, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association in partnership with the Canadian Home Care Association has defined the “gold standard” for each of the four home care services to be funded by government: case management, nursing, palliative-specific pharmaceuticals and personal care at the end of life.
Our goal is to ensure all Canadians have equitable access to high quality end-of-life care at home.
To develop the gold standards, the two associations consulted with experts in hospice palliative care, experts in home care, and a wide range of professionals who would be part of hospice palliative care teams, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, personal care workers, social workers, case managers and home care administrators. Draft standards were reviewed by individuals across Canada with appropriate knowledge and expertise, and revised based on their feedback.
The gold standards provide the benchmarks for high quality hospice palliative care at home. They are based on the National Principles and Norms of Practice for hospice palliative care, developed by hospice palliative care providers, organizations and consumers through a consensus building process led by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association.iii
The gold standards establish the ideal level of care and support that all jurisdictions should strive to provide for people receiving hospice palliative care at home. They are designed to encourage and support a consistent approach across the country to hospice palliative care services at home.
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Full Document
Individual Sections :
1. The Gold Standard for Case Management for Hospice Palliative and
End-of-Life Care at Home
2. The Gold Standard for Nursing in Hospice Palliative and End-of-Life
Care at Home
3. The Gold Standard for Palliative-Specific Pharmaceuticals in
Hospice Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home
4. The Gold Standard for Personal Care in Hospice Palliative and
End-of-Life Care at Home
iii. Ferris FD et al. A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice. Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. March 2002.
