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In Paris and in the Hauts-de-Seine, a service offers palliative care at home. Reporting to a team.
It is a unique team in France: a palliative SAMU, created to provide emergency support at the end of life at home. The doctor and nurse go to see an 87-year-old patient with terminal cancer. His condition worsened a few days ago. Her granddaughter had called the SAMU, who contacted the team Pallidom to take the relay.
A service is also offered in nursing homes
That morning, she makes a follow-up visit. A refugee from Ukraine, the man said he did not want to return to hospital. His family also wants to keep him at home, if he is not suffering. She will be able to reach caregivers 24 hours a day. This stay at home is only possible if the entourage can assume it. The team Pallidom currently operates in two departments, Paris and Hauts-de-Seine. The service is also offered in nursing home.
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