The Compassionate Communities Connectors model for end-of-life care: a community and health service partnership in Western Australia.
Caring Helpers
Community Connectors
Compassionate Communities
end-of-life care
family carers
palliative care
practical support
social connectedness
social support
volunteers
Journal
Palliative care and social practice
ISSN: 2632-3524
Titre abrégé: Palliat Care Soc Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101754997
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
08
03
2020
accepted:
27
05
2020
entrez:
14
7
2020
pubmed:
14
7
2020
medline:
14
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
There is an international drive towards increasing provision of community-led models of social and practical support for people living with advanced illness. This feasibility project aims to develop, implement and evaluate a model of community volunteers, identified as Compassionate Communities Connectors, to support people living with advanced life limiting illnesses/palliative care needs. The aims also include the development and evaluation of a training programme for volunteers and assessment of the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of this model of care. The approach seeks to map and mobilise people's personal networks of care through the Connectors enlisting Caring Helpers (community volunteers). Up to 10 Connectors will be trained to work with at least 30 families selected by the palliative care service as requiring support. The primary outcome is the effect of the intervention on social connectedness. Secondary outcomes are the intervention's effect on unplanned hospital utilisation, caregiver support needs, advance care plans and satisfaction with intervention for patients/carers, volunteers and service providers. It is expected that this intervention will enhance patient, carer and family social, psychological and practical support and reduce the need for dying people to be admitted to a hospital.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
There is an international drive towards increasing provision of community-led models of social and practical support for people living with advanced illness.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
This feasibility project aims to develop, implement and evaluate a model of community volunteers, identified as Compassionate Communities Connectors, to support people living with advanced life limiting illnesses/palliative care needs. The aims also include the development and evaluation of a training programme for volunteers and assessment of the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of this model of care.
METHODS
METHODS
The approach seeks to map and mobilise people's personal networks of care through the Connectors enlisting Caring Helpers (community volunteers). Up to 10 Connectors will be trained to work with at least 30 families selected by the palliative care service as requiring support. The primary outcome is the effect of the intervention on social connectedness. Secondary outcomes are the intervention's effect on unplanned hospital utilisation, caregiver support needs, advance care plans and satisfaction with intervention for patients/carers, volunteers and service providers.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
It is expected that this intervention will enhance patient, carer and family social, psychological and practical support and reduce the need for dying people to be admitted to a hospital.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32656530
doi: 10.1177/2632352420935130
pii: 10.1177_2632352420935130
pmc: PMC7333490
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2632352420935130Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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