Palliative Care and End-Of-Life Care

Where an Operator provides Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care, an Operator must:

  1. establish, implement and maintain documented policies and procedures identifying what specific Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care it provides; and
  2. make these policies and procedures available to the Client, the Client’s legal representative, if applicable, and Staff.

Notes

  • Standard 5.1 is only applicable where the Operator provides Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care services

Evidence of compliance can be found within the Alberta Health CCHSS Information Guide