The result of Home Palliative Care Model development, Ban Hong Health Network,Ban Hong district, Lamphun province

Abstract

Currently, patients who received palliative care are greater number and they have received home visits and palliative by a multidisciplinary team, but the practice also found that the care model is unclear. Patients not received cared for holistically, as well as the condition of the patient has not reached all dimensions. This affects the quality of life in patients. Therefore, there search to study the effect of the development of home palliative care, Banhong District. This study is an action research., divided into3 phases:1) preparation and planning committee meetings 2)Provides palliative care in home-based practice and home visits have continued under the guidance of Banhong comprehensive care model in November 2015 - June 2016 3) Evaluation by palliative care outcome scale in patients and care givers. The results were 41 patients, after the patient received continuous care and holisticcare bya multidisciplinary team with partners in the community. The palliative care outcome scale in patients and caregivers are the main results; the scales are reduced from 19.29 to 10.07 and reduced from 17.02 to 8.63 respectively (P-Value < 0.001). Conclusion, after development of home palliative care by Banhong Health Network District, patients have improved palliative care outcome scale significantly.