Welcome
to EMRPCC website
Eastern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium (EMRPCC)
is an alliance of palliative care providers in the Eastern
Metropolitan Region (Local Government Areas of Boroondara, Knox,
Manningham,
Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges).
Member agencies include: Eastern Health, Eastern Palliative
Care, St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne), Fernlea House, RDNS
and Divisions of General Practice.
The Consortium’s aspiration is that residents of the Eastern
Region with a terminal condition, their families and carer’s
have access to a high quality palliative care system that fosters
innovation and provides coordinated care and support that is
responsive to their needs.
There are eight Palliative Care Consortiums
funded by the Victorian Department of Health (DH),
covering metropolitan and
rural Victoria. The Eastern Metropolitan Region has several
working groups providing an integrated and coordinated
approach to consortium
project areas The Consortium will continue to actively
develop, strengthen and promote palliative care in the region.
 Palliative Support to Residential Services- part 2
We have indicated over the last few weeks that the Eastern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium is working to increase the level of support provided to Residential Aged Care and Disability Residential Services.
The EMRPCC has recruited a project co-ordinator to assist in the intial steps of establishing the Palliative Support Nurse role.
The "project advisory group" is being finalised and will have its first meeting on 2nd of February.
A number of residential facilities are willing to be involved from the outset with the establishement of the Palliative Support Nurse (PSN).
The Palliative Support Nurse will liaise with primary health, community services,acute health (hospitals)
and specialist services that interconnect with residential services.
The role will also support Disability Residential Services, this may be through education planned in conjunction with
Disability Services.
Over the coming weeks, more information will become available ...[Go to full story]
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