End-of-life care The NTG gives inprinciple support to Draft Recommendation 4.1 that people with a preference to die at home should be able to access support from end-of-life care services to enable them to do so. The NTG supports flexible approaches to end-of-life care. Approximately 150 people are under endoflife care management at any one time in the Northern Territory. Of these around 20 will be in hospice or hospital settings, around 25 or 30 will be in residential aged-care facilities and the remainder will be accessing communitybased support. These palliative care services are delivered to patients using a mix of public, for-profit, and not-for-profit providers. It is anticipated that this model of providing services will continue. The NTG anticipates that demand for palliative care ‘on country’ will be an area of service growth as the Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory ages. Population ageing is by no means unique to the Territory, but the challenges of delivering culturally appropriate services to remote clients in a timely, consistent and costeffective manner are significant, and will put considerable strain on resources. Citizens and governments would be assisted by analysis of the average costs of private residential care versus community-based palliative care providing the same level of service to better enable choice.
End-of-life care The NTG gives inprinciple support to Draft Recommendation 4.1 that people with a preference to die at home should be able to access support from end-of-life care services to enable them to do so. The NTG supports flexible approaches to end-of-life care. Approximately 150 people are under endoflife care management at any one time in the Northern Territory. Of these around 20 will be in hospice or hospital settings, around 25 or 30 will be in residential aged-care facilities and the remainder will be accessing communitybased support. These palliative care services are delivered to patients using a mix of public, for-profit, and not-for-profit providers. It is anticipated that this model of providing services will continue. The NTG anticipates that demand for palliative care ‘on country’ will be an area of service growth as the Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory ages. Population ageing is by no means unique to the Territory, but the challenges of delivering culturally appropriate services to remote clients in a timely, consistent and costeffective manner are significant, and will put considerable strain on resources. Citizens and governments would be assisted by analysis of the average costs of private residential care versus community-based palliative care providing the same level of service to better enable choice.
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