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Target Population

Terminally ill patients • Residents of remote and indigenous areas • Vulnerable groups • Terminally ill patients in correctional facilities (prisons) • Residents of long-term care facilities


Description

The St. Camille Palliative Care Team at St. Camille Hospital, Luodong, Catholic Healing Society, provides a one-stop palliative care service, including inpatient palliative care (St. Camille Ward), communal palliative care, and home-based palliative care. Their services extend to rural areas, indigenous communities, and orthodontic institutions, and also include bereaved family care and therapy dog ​​services, embodying the concept of euthanasia at home.


Key Highlights

Anhan One-Stop Care: Anhan Inpatient Care, Anhan Co-care, Anhan Home Care • Home Care Services: Equipped with 2 dedicated mobile medical vehicles, no travel distance restrictions within the county, and free transportation. • Rural Services: Serving remote areas such as Nan'ao and Datong. • Anhan Orthopedic Institutions: Prison Anhan Palliative Care Outpatient Clinic • Bereaved Families Care: • Therapy Dog Jungle: Introduced in 2013, permanently stationed in the Anhan ward. • Religious Integration: A prayer room and Buddhist hall are available; priests and monks provide home care. • Home-Based Medical Care: Physicians provide home-based treatment, such as ultrasound-guided ascites drainage.

Service Data

In 2023, the number of home-based hospice care visits doubled. • Doctor visits increased 6-8 times in 2023. • 80% of patients died peacefully at home. • Hospice care beds: 15 • Hospice home care vehicles: 3


Featured Outcomes

Through hospice and palliative care specialist training, it became the first specialist training hospital within the Catholic system. • Introduced Jungle, a therapy dog ​​(the second resident hospice ward in Taiwan). • Received an award for continuous quality control from 2017 to 2022.


Safety Outcomes

2017: Reduce the fall rate in hospice wards - QCC • 2019: Reduce the completeness of staff implementation of isolation measures • 2021: Reduce the completeness of staff implementation of oral care procedures


Satisfaction

Feedback from the bereaved families' care event: "Fantastic! Everything was arranged for the best, thank you all~ I love you all!" • "Awesome! I will continue to participate, thank you Anning team!" • "Anning team is very dedicated, thank you!" • "Very good" • "So happy, so blessed!"


International Achievements

The aroma of tea wafted into Anning in 2015 and 2016. • Poster published in Edinburgh on September 28-29, 2017.


Benefits and Impacts

Family members who received care and support became members of the hospice team. • Family member became the Public Relations Director of St. Mary's Hospital • Family member became a hospice volunteer (2 people) • Family member became a donor to the Hospice Fund • Donated a hospice vehicle • Donated hospice-related equipment and instruments • Donated assistive devices, spreading love

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One-Stop Hospice Palliative Care

Palliative care addresses the physical, psychological, and spiritual suffering of terminally ill patients, providing symptom relief and improving their quality of life.
Organization
Camillian Saint Marys Hospital Luodong
Certification Year
2023、2024、2025
One-Stop Hospice Palliative Care
One-Stop Hospice Palliative Care
One-Stop Hospice Palliative Care
One-Stop Hospice Palliative Care
One-Stop Hospice Palliative Care
Camillian Saint Marys Hospital Luodong

Other Certified Items

Healthcare Charity Fundraising Service
Camillian Saint Marys Hospital Luodong
100
95
Hemodialysis in Indigenous Rural Areas
Camillian Saint Marys Hospital Luodong
3,097
26
Healthcare Charity Fundraising Service
Camillian Saint Marys Hospital Luodong
100
95
Hemodialysis in Indigenous Rural Areas
Camillian Saint Marys Hospital Luodong
3,097
26