Palliative Care
Contact
Lisa Gestro
Manager Health of Older People, Disability & Palliative Care
09 630 9943 x 26097
021 895 104
LGestro@ADHB.GOVT.NZ
Introduction
Palliative care seeks to improve the quality of life of people facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness and their families. This is achieved by preventing and relieving suffering though early identification and assessment, and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems.
Palliative care incorporates a wide range of both generalist and specialist health and social services and providers. It is delivered in a variety of settings. Palliative care requires a case management approach which works towards delivering an appropriate, needs-based combination of interventions by the right providers in the right place at the right time for each client, and for their family/whanau and/or other caregivers.