Action: 5.19 - Goals of Care
The health service organisation has processes for routinely reviewing the safety and quality of end-of-life care that is provided against the planned goals of care.
Fact Sheets
- Education and Resources for Hospital Accreditation – Comprehensive Care Standard and end-of-life care (2MB pdf)
- 5.19: The health service organisation has processes for routinely reviewing the safety and quality of end-of-life care that is provided against the planned goals of care (2MB pdf)
- End-of-Life Care Audit and Evaluation Toolkit (349kb pdf)
Hospital Case Stories
The following case stories provide examples of other hospitals' approaches to meeting the NSQHS Standards:
- Auditing (961kb pdf)
- Development of End-of-Life Goals of Care Form (772kb pdf)
Videos and Presentations
- Harnessing patient’s with palliative care needs, and their carers’ feedback to drive improvement work within the Australian hospital setting (2MB pdf)
Claudia Virdun – Queensland University of technology - EOLE Accreditation Workshop - Takeaway Messages (331kb pdf)
The importance of goals of care
The EOLE video outlines the importance of identifying goals of care