Palliative Care Specialist Programs

Queen’s Palliative Medicine

Our team is comprised of palliative care physicians, registered nurses, a clinical nurse specialist and a nurse practitioner.  We provide specialist consultation for patients with life-threatening illnesses who have complex palliative care needs.

Our services are provided through an inpatient consultation team at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and Providence Care Hospital (PCH), by our community team for patients at home as well as retirement and long term care centres within the South East LHIN, and for cancer patients in the outpatient clinic at the Cancer Centre for South Eastern Ontario (CCSEO).

The Providence Care Hospital Palliative Care Unit provides inpatient end of life care for patients with palliative care needs for whom care at home is becoming/has become unmanageable. An interprofessional team provides advanced symptom management and skilled interventions as necessary for maintaining comfort.

Queens Palliative Medical Program Guide 2021

To visit their website, click here. To review their referral guidelines, click here.

Brockville General Hospital - Palliative Care Program

Brockville General Hospital’s Palliative Care Program helps patients and families who are coping with a life-limiting illness. The Palliative Care team of specialists provides compassionate care to help meet the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of you and your family, and provides comfort measures, companionship, respite and transportation.

Our team consists of:

• Palliative care physicians
• Palliative care consult nurses – Experienced and caring nurses who provide consultations in pain and symptom management.
• Volunteers
• Bereavement support – A service that provides support and education to bereaved families, friends and anyone whose life has been touched by death.
• Day Hospice – A weekly day program offering participants an opportunity for social interaction, therapies, recreation activities, emotional support and consultation with Palliative Care nurses.
• Clerical support

To learn more about this program and for contact information, click here.
 

Home and Community Care - Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Program

The South East LHIN’s HPCNP Program is a dedicated team of Nurse Practitioners providing direct clinical care to patients with complex palliative care needs including pain and symptom management.

To receive services, a patient will:

• Have a life-limiting disease e.g., cancer, COPD, CHF, etc.;
• Be aware of their palliative care diagnosis, with a life expectancy of 6-12 months;
• Be identified as having HPC needs currently or have the potential to need complex pain and symptom management in the future;
• Be receiving, or being referred for Home and Community Care Program services; and
• Be supported by a Most Responsible Physician or Nurse Practitioner who agrees to a Shared Care Model including the provision of after hours, on call support.

To learn more about the program, click here.


Home and Community Care - Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Program

The Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation (PPSMC) Program supports service providers, in-home care agencies (South East Local Integration Network contracted service providers), long term care homes, community support services, and primary care providers by providing access to Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultants.
The program goal is to build capacity among front line care providers who are supporting individuals and families living with a life-limiting illness. PPSMCs provide consultation, education, mentorship, and linkages to palliative care resources across the continuum of care.

To learn more about the Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Program, click here.
To make a consult request, click here.


Home and Community Care - Palliative Care Program

The South East LHIN has an integrated team approach to the provision of palliative care in the region. This includes Care Coordinators (CCs), Team Assistants (TAs), Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners (HPC NPs), Palliative Pain & Symptom Management Consultants (PPSMCs), and a Palliative Care Educator (PCEP) working together to identify and address the needs of our patients, our partners, and our communities as they relate to palliative care.

The team provides continuity of care and coordinated community services to patients and their families following the principles outlined in the Palliative Care Program. Physical, psychological, social, cultural, emotional, spiritual and practical information needs are addressed and optimal well-being is promoted along the continuum of illness.

The team is a resource for South East LHIN colleagues, hospital and community partners regarding oncology, palliative, supportive and end-of-life care for all patients, regardless of the caseload to which they are admitted.

The team demonstrates leadership and collaboration with system partners through established connections with Hospice Residences, Health Links Working Groups, Hospitals, Palliative Care Clinical Community Outreach, Community Support Services, many Family Health Teams, the Regional Palliative Care Network, and the Ontario Palliative Care Network. This alignment strives to ensure consistent access and an integrated approach to palliative care across the region while also recognizing the unique challenges and opportunities within each sub-region.