Planning for discharge

Palliative patients are discharged from acute care facilities to a variety of other inpatient or community settings. Planning for discharge can take time, broad assessment, input of several different disciplines and coordination of community based support services. Strategies to assist in streamlining transfers from one setting to another are described.



Initial planning considerations
Discharge to home in metropolitan Adelaide
Discharge to Residential Aged Care Facilities
Discharge to hospice
Discharge to rural and remote regions
Discharge to home for end of life care
Including caregivers in discharge planning
Communicating with General Practitioners
Medications in the community