Accessing palliative care in the Kimberley's remote Aboriginal communities

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  Yes

• Time frame:

  1 June 2003 - 31 December 2005

Overview

This project was funded as part of the National caring communities program and aimed to address the lack of access to a palliative care services in the Kimberley region of WA. It aimed to increase knowledge of palliative care services and establish a network enabling the provision of these services in remote Indigenous communities. This program's specific goals included:

• building relationships between councils, elders, community members, health workers and carers in remote Indigenous communities and the regional palliative care co-ordinator;
• increasing awareness of the benefits of appropriate palliative care services;
• developing local support systems for people who wish to die in their community;
• developing partnerships between regional palliative care coordinators and other service providers, including Kimberley Aged Care Services, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services, local medical services and community nurses; and
  
• enhancing understanding of palliative care in the acute and community sectors.

Contacts

Wendy Scott
Ph: (08) 9192 9295
Email: wendy.scott@health.wa.gov.au

Evaluated publications

Scott W (2006)

Accessing palliative care in the Kimberley’s remote Aboriginal communities: executive summary.

Canberra: Kimberley Palliative Care Service

• Links
• View report: Accessing palliative care in the Kimberley’s remote Aboriginal communities: executive summary
• View website: CareSearch

Links

• View information: Accessing palliative care in the Kimberley's remote Aboriginal communities summary
• View website: CareSearch
• View website: University of Wollongong