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The National Assembly adopted an amendment concerning the end of life law on Wednesday May 29. It plans to set development objectives for palliative care, which can be provided at home by mobile teams. Reporting.
Providing palliative care outside the walls of the hospital, and supporting patients until the end, in their homes, is the work of a doctor and nurse duo. They are on the road all day. Each patient has specific needs. The team must be ready to act in all situations. Specialized in palliative care, they intervene in the event of a crisis in patients who do not wish to be hospitalized. It is also an opportunity to make treatments easier to live with on a daily basis. In a patient’s home, oxygen cylinders take up a lot of space and make a lot of noise. But after a bad experience in the hospital, the man is happy to stay at home, in his environment, even if he is in palliative care.
We must support the patient, but also reassure loved ones, such as the patient’s wife who is at her husband’s bedside every day. In total, there are around fifteen in the team.