• Barthel Index - Activities of Daily Living (Modified)
• Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale
• Multidisciplinary carepath for palliative care: end stage care
• Abbreviated Mental Test Score
• Geriatric Depression Scale
• Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia
• Abbey Pain Scale: for people with dementia or who cannot verbalise
• Brief Pain Inventory
• Resident consent to exchange of health information
• Comprehensive medical assessment form
• GP RACF case conference record
• GP RACF work arrangements form

Multidisciplinary carepath for palliative care: end stage care

This tool is a multidisciplinary carepath for care of the patient who is dying and has at least two of the following five criteria:

• is bedridden

• is no longer able to take tablets

• has decreasing/fluctuating levels of consciousness

• is weak and drowsy for extended periods of time

• is able to tolerate sips of fluid only.

Reprinted with permission. Mater Hospital. Authorised end stage care pathway used in the Mater Adult Hospital. Brisbane: Mater Hospital, 2005

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