Dementia Services Development Centre share information on Palliative Care Needs Rounds
The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) has shared a recording of a webinar into Palliative Care Needs Rounds.
Developed from an Australian model, Needs Rounds has been adapted by the University of Stirling for use in the UK. Palliative Care Needs Rounds can provide the care home workforce and specialist palliative care staff with the opportunity to collaborate during protected time to plan for residents’ last months and weeks of life.
The DSDC say:
“Needs Rounds augment existing practice by building care home staff confidence for those who attend and prompting anticipatory planning and care. Needs Rounds can strengthen relationships and trust, and shift power dynamics between care home and hospice services by harnessing complementary expertise.
Integrating learning into Needs Rounds strengthens understandings of the dying process, symptom and pain management, advance/anticipatory care planning, and communication mechanisms between care home staff, families, specialist palliative care staff and primary care. This leads to high quality resident centred care, enabling residents to be cared for and die in their preferred place. Needs Rounds also benefit relatives by increasing their confidence in care quality and care home staff, by providing timely expert input.”
The webinar is presented by Professor Liz Forbat, an expert in palliative care and end of life care at the University of Stirling, and gives an overview of Needs Rounds and how to implement them.
Watch the webinar recording here: https://youtu.be/a-nJiP1Tf0I?si=RDMlPKAuse75zsCn
Find out more about Needs Rounds here: https://needsrounds.stir.ac.uk