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Family or Friends were Given Enough Information to Help with Care at Home

It is essential for health professionals to encourage our patients and their carers to manage their illness and plan for problems they may encounter at home. It is important to promote self-management and self-care to our patients and carers so they are able to manage their illness safely while at home.

The solutions below showcase how some health services are working to improve in this area.

Solutions

The ANFPP supports women pregnant with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child to improve their own health and the health of their baby. Under the ANFPP, trained nurses visit families in their own homes to help them grow a stronger family.

The EDuCARE Support Service works in active partnership with families, health professionals, service providers and the wider community to achieve an improvement in the health and wellbeing of carers.

Families have been included in rounds at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital. This is working well, saving nurse’s time and making patients and families happier.

We want to hear about your solutions. Word File Download the Solutions template to add your solution to our collection (52 KB).

The NSW Health Patient and Carer Experience team would like to add your answer to improving patient care to their collection of solutions. Contact ARCHI to find out more.

 

 

Date created: 30th Sep 2008 | Date reviewed: 15th Oct 2008