Palliative Consulting Team

Alberta Health Services - South Zone

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Description
Providing consultative services and working closely with health care professionals, families or persons living with palliative or end of life conditions (Life-limiting disease).

Life Consult Service (PEOLC) is comprised of a multidisciplinary team working across all rural and urban settings of care within the South Zone. The team provides palliative care consultative support for adult patients, families, and healthcare teams to help manage complex palliative symptoms related to the patient's life-limiting disease.

This service is provided at locations of care including acute care and community (home, supportive living, long term care, private assisted living).

Services include:

  • an assessment of palliative symptoms (pain, nausea, anxiety, dyspnea, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual concerns) and provides collaborative support in managing complex situations
  • education regarding disease progression and the end of life
  • recommendations for optimizing quality end-of-life care and support for families faced with the loss of a loved one
  • assists with prognostication, support understanding of prognosis, advance care planning and goals of care conversations
  • accessing palliative community resources
  • supporting patient and family centered palliative approach to care
  • information on how to support a patient and family centered palliative approach to care
  • facilitates understanding of a palliative approach to care
  • explores opportunities for early palliative care
  • facilitates transition to alternate care settings such as hospice
  • mentors other clinicians

Key Provider: child life specialists, occupational therapists (OTs), palliative doctors, pharmacists, registered Nurses (RNs), religion workers, social workers
Eligibility
Yes, Patients must meet eligibility criteria based on diagnosis.
Application Process
Service Access: Professional Referral Required, Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.
Referral Process: N/A


Waiting Period: No,

Referrals are triaged for urgency


Telephone
403-529-8901
Fax
403-502-8626
Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Fees
Fee: No,

Patients are required to pay for medications not covered under insurance plans.




Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: N/A
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: Yes - Parking stalls and washrooms.
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Agency Information
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Last Verified On
April 16, 2024
Address
666 5 Street SW
Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 4H6

This facility provides a range of healthcare services including a 24/7 emergency department. The Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre is located within this facility.


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Hours of Operation
Mon
08:00 AM to 04:15 PM
Tue
08:00 AM to 04:15 PM
Wed
08:00 AM to 04:15 PM
Thu
08:00 AM to 04:15 PM
Fri
08:00 AM to 04:15 PM

Home care is point of contact hours

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