Healthcare Services at Calvary Bethlehem

This assignment delves into the specialized healthcare services provided by Calvary Health Care Bethlehem in Caulfield, Australia. It focuses on their renowned Specialist Progressive Neurological Disease Service and Specialist Palliative Care, highlighting their commitment to patient well-being and family support. The document elaborates on the multidisciplinary teams involved in both services, their collaborative approach, and their contributions to research and community care.

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The Calvary Health care Bethlehem is a hospital in Caulfield which is being recognized
as the best hospital which mainly provides health care services in mainly two fields. These are
the Specialist Progressive Neural Disease Service for the patients those who are suffering from
the Progressive Neurological Disease and specialist Palliative Care for the patients those who
need end of life care. The services of the Calvary healthcare Bethlehem are important to the
community of Victoria, which supports more than 4000 patients along with their families every
year (Dredge et al, 2017).
The palliative care team at Calvary healthcare Bethlehem is recruited only to address the
needs of the patient and their families. This type of care is being coordinated and focused on an
individual for improving their quality of life. They first understand the illness which has affected
the person. Then they try to relieve the pain and some other signs of stress. They provide support
to the family of the patient and also offer support to the families after the death of the patient
(Runacres, Gregory & Ugalde, 2016).
The Progressive Neurological Disease Service at Calvary Health Care Bethlehem used to
offer a range of multidisciplinary tasks, management services and education for the people
diagnosed with PND. For providing this service a multidisciplinary team was given the charge of
care. This team includes specialists of medical such as neurologists, respiratory physicians,
neuro-psychiatrists, and the physicians giving palliative care (Mathers, 2013). This team also
includes allied health specialists such as physiotherapists, dietitians, clinical psychologists,
speech pathologists and neuropsychologists. Some volunteers, community care workers,
researchers, caregivers, pastoral care workers and some specialist neurological nurse are also
found in the team. During this specialist care the team used to work very closely together with
the other health care professional which also includes some organizations that are based on the

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community (Gluyas et al., 2017). This statewide PND service of the Calvary Health care
Bethlehem is done according to the research and is being involved actively in various national as
well as international projects and the trials.

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References
Dredge, A., Oates, L., Gregory, H., & King, S. (2017). Effective change management within an
Australian community palliative care service. British Journal of Community
Nursing, 22(11), 536-541.
Gluyas, C., Mathers, S., Anderson, N. H., & Ugalde, A. (2017). Factors to consider for motor
neurone disease carer intervention research: A narrative literature review. Palliative &
supportive care, 15(5), 600-608.
Mathers, S. (2013). End of Life Care in Progressive Neurological Disease: Australia. In End of
Life Care in Neurological Disease (pp. 205-212). Springer London.
Runacres, F., Gregory, H., & Ugalde, A. (2016). Restorative care for palliative patients: a
retrospective clinical audit of outcomes for patients admitted to an inpatient palliative
care unit. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 6(1), 97-100.