A project of the Hospital in Móstoles drives quality in the care of Hospice patients.

-Provides assistance to the sick in advanced stage and its surroundings to address fears and uncertainties

-hospital held in January the 4th edition of its course of palliative care with the participation of 40 doctors and nurses

Móstoles, February 2012.- El Hospital Universitario de Móstoles collects these days the first fruits of his project ‘ training and information in palliative care in Móstoles ’, an initiative designed to improve the quality of care for patients and families suffering from an illness at an advanced stage. The proposal contains specific for caregivers and professionals outreach and training tools.

The project aims to increase relief in patients with a disease without the possibility of healing at the same time emphasizing the importance of a human scale healthcare. According to this plan, alleviate unnecessary suffering is a goal that is achieved with the involvement of people attending these patients in Móstoles: families, volunteers and health workers, both in the hospital environment and in the homes.

The Coordinator of the team of support Hospitalario de Móstoles Hospital palliative, Rosa Quiben, explained that the purpose of the project is, on the one hand, move people a message of closeness and support: we want you to know that we have by his side, with a group of people prepared to listen to and motivated to provide the most appropriate solutionsalways respecting the desires and values of the patient and looking for their greater well-being and benefit ”.

Secondly, Quiben stressed the importance attached by the project to the continuing education of professionals in palliative care in a hospital setting. Is very necessary that hospital professionals discover the role of the palliative care within our patient care ”.

‘ Training and information on palliative care in Móstoles ’ is a means to encourage participation in the environments of palliative patients, ensuring respect for the patient and family, helping them to address fears and uncertainties and training them, if possible, as responsible for the care of the patient.

In this line the Hospital de Móstoles held in late January the 4th edition of its course of palliative care, aimed at health professionals. It had five blocks of content and round tables on the treatment of pain, the coordination of the multidisciplinary teams, the psychological aspects of the patient at the end of life and bioethics, among others. Also interesting practical experience as the stars have been known by the ‘ family school ’ Institute Foundation San Jose.

At the opening, the regional coordinator of palliative care in the community of Madrid, Teresa García-Baquero, highlighted the commitment that the palliative care acquire with each patient, and from a global perspective ” – stressed –, attending the ‘ total suffering ’ patients, from their physical suffering, to the emotional, passing through the psychological aspectssocial and even the spiritual ”.

40 Students, doctors and nurses of primary and specialized care, and a group of 26 teachers, all of them are integrated into teams and units that currently provide palliative care at the hospital and household level in Móstoles have participated in this course.

The Organization has been in charge of the palliative hospital support team and the medical management of the University Hospital of Móstoles and has been credited by the lain Entralgo agency with 2.9 credits. The project was financed with funds for the strategies of the Ministry of health and Social policy such as support for the strategy of palliative care and attention to the final process of life.

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course was preceded by the day I ‘ palliative care: the role of the family ’, organized last December, along with the Department of family and Social Welfare of the City Hall of Móstoles, Centro Cultural Villa of Móstoles, in response to the need for training support for caregivers in the environment familiar.