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A Road Map for the Last Journey: Home Telehealth for Holistic End-of-Life Care

North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Lake City, Florida, james.maudlin{at}med.va.gov

Jeannie Keene, MSN, ARNP

North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Lake City, Florida

Rita Kobb, MN, ARNP-BC

Veterans Health Administration, Lake City, Florida

The Advanced Illness/Palliative Care (AIPC) program started as a 2-year pilot project to determine if a telehealth model of care would benefit veteran patients with life-limiting illness. The goals of the project were to manage the physical, emotional, functional, and spiritual care needs during the last 2 years of patients’ lives and to foster an earlier enrollment of patients into hospice by educating providers about palliative care. The AIPC program partners the skills and expertise of both spiritual and medical care practitioners, along with cutting-edge home telehealth devices to improve symptom management and quality of life for veterans and families coping with end of life.

Key Words: palliative care • advanced illness • telehealth • technology • holistic care

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 23, No. 5, 399-403 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1049909106290807


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