Liverpool Care Pathway
Our journey with the Liverpool care of the dying pathway started late 2004 with a Project Plan that encompassed a pilot of the pathway in aged residential and acute hospital settings linked to a research project to evaluate its impact on the care of the imminently dying in the region.
In partnership with Arohanui Hospice the MidCentral District Health Board have supported the project plan with funding support for a LCP Facilitator role and research project.
The first step was to introduce the pathway into the hospice inpatient unit which was done in December 2004. Is now very much established as part of our normal documentation and post implementation evaluation of both documentation and staff attitudes clearly demonstrated some tangible benefits for implementing the pathway in such a specialist setting.
The next step was the successful recruitment of Amanda Taylor from the UK to work in the role of LCP Facilitator. At present the LCP has been successfully implemented in the first pilot aged residential care facility and the run up to implementation in the second has commenced.
Alongside this good progress is being made with the research project, its navigation through ethics committee and the gathering of the pre implementation data. The research explores the perceptions of health care worker regarding the care of dying patients in Aged Residential Care and the Hospital settings; pre and post implementation of the LCP.
Find out more from the Liverpool Care Pathway website.
