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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Griffith Area Palliative Care Service: A Pilot Project

Ian Hatton, Keith Mcdonald, Lynette Nancarrow and Keith Fletcher

Australian Health Review 26(2) 11 - 18
Published: 2003

Abstract

In September 2000 the Commonwealth released, as part of its National Palliative Care Strategy under the AustralianHealth Care Agreements, a National Framework for Palliative Care Service Development. The new NationalFramework stressed an important set of values to guide models of palliative care delivery. It notes that the challenge isto secure the place of palliative care as an integral part of health care across Australia, routinely available within localcommunities to those people who need it. Care and support for people who are dying and their families need to bebuilt not only into health care services, but also into the fabric of communities and their support networks. While fewwould disagree with this, little is known about how best to achieve it in rural Australia. The Griffith Area PalliativeCare Service (GAPS) is a two-year pilot project delivering a palliative care service through a truly integrated approachto care for patients, their carers and families within the Griffith Local Government Area and Carrathool Shire areas.This paper describes how GAPS is successfully meeting the challenges of service provision to rural and remote areas.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AH030011

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