caring@home has released the Prompts for End-of-Life Planning (PELP) Framework for health professionals across all care settings in Australia.
The PELP Framework guides proactive, high-quality end-of-life care to assist GPs and other health professionals in delivering person centred care during the last 12 months of life.
Developed with the guidance of GPs, palliative medicine specialists, nurse practitioners and nurses, the Framework includes prompts that can support:
- Identification of patients suitable for a palliative approach to care.
- Identification of four clinical end-of-life processes:
- Advance care planning and person-centred care based on need (at risk of dying)
- Transition focus of care needs from restorative to palliative (likely to die soon)
- Terminal care needs (dying)
- After-death care (bereavement).
caring@home is National Palliative Care Project funded by the Australian Government.
Visit the caring@home project website for information and to download a copy of the framework .