Palliative Care and Pain Management at the End of Life ___________________________________________
MEMBERS OF THE PALLIATIVE CARE TEAM
Primary care physician Physician specialists Pain management experts
Nurses Respiratory therapists Pharmacists Physical therapists Occupational therapists Nutritionists Social workers
Psychiatrists Psychologists Bereavement counselors Spiritual counselors
Patient (and family)
Home health aides Trained volunteers Neighbors and friends Family
Source: [15; 25; 26; 27]
Figure 2
SERVICES PROVIDED DURING HOSPICE CARE
97.8
100
Noncore services
Core services
83.6 82.1
79.9
79.5
80
60
53.5
40
31.3
21.5
17.7
20
9.8
9.3
4.2
0
Skilled nursing
Bereave- Medical Pastoral Physician Dietary Volunteer
Personal
Home- maker
Contin-
Respite
Thera- peutic
ment
social
or
care
uous home care
spiritual
Source: [31] Reprinted from Caffrey C, Sengupta M, Moss A, Harris-Kojetin L, Valverde R. Home health care and discharged hospice care patients: United States, 2000 and 2007. Natl Health Stat Report. 2011;(38):1-27. Figure 3
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