What is Palliative care?
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, correct assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial or spiritual.
Addressing suffering involves taking care of issues beyond physical symptoms. Palliative care uses a team approach to support patients and their caregivers. This includes addressing practical needs and providing bereavement counselling. It offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death.
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What is the Brilliance Project?
The Brilliance Project is ongoing research to the question, "What is brilliant care at end of life?". It seeks to understand the conditions of what goes well for people when they require palliative care, via interviews with patients, family and staff.
Goals:
Identify instances of evidence-based care that are perceived to be brilliant
Understand how evidence-based care that is brilliant affects clinicians and the clients and carers they work with
Determine the conditions that help to promote brilliant evidence-based care
To find out more about current findings and future directions, click here
Where is the Project located?
The Brilliance Project is situated at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals, in Adelaide, South Australia
Haydown Rd, Elizabeth Vale SA 5112
Smart Rd, Modbury SA 5092
Who are the individuals and groups involved?
Professor Greg Crawford
Associate Professor Aileen Collier
Associate Professor Anne Dadich
Cathie Jeffs
Peter Laintoll
Issac Zangre
Dalia Albrazi
Kamal Dahal
Modbury Hospital
Lyell McEwin Hospital
SA Health
Hospital Research Foundation
Flinders University
University of Auckland
