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32 useFul email lists and websites Website/Email List Information WHPCO Email List–World Hospice and Palliative Care Online International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) Email List and Website To subscribe, email Ann Mason: anne@hospiceinformation.info To subscribe, email webmaster2@hospicecare.com www.hospicecare.com Help the Hospices www.helpthehospices.org.uk African Palliative Care Association www.apca.org
annex a. assessing and addressing palliative care needs of adults 67 Initial PLHIV Palliative Care Assessment History • Present illnesses and treatments administered • Past medical history, including all co-morbidities (e.g. TB) and past HIV-related complications, other major illnesses, hospitalizations, surgeries and date of HIV diagnosis • Medication history • Drug allergies • Substance use and dependence history, including treatment • Family history • Social history • Social resources • Spiritual support • Financial issues • Nutrition • Current symptoms (i.e., pain, weight loss, anorexia, fatigue, lack of energy or weakness, fevers, night sweats, insomnia, sadness, anxiety, dyspnea, cough, nausea/ vomiting, diarrhea, other) • Chronology of symptoms; exacerbating and relieving factors • Current medications or other treatment for symptoms • Cause, type and grade of pain • Symptom cause, type and characteristics • Impact of – symptoms on functional capabilities – symptoms on each other – specific therapies on each symptom – symptoms on patient’s quality of life • Mental health history and treatment (e.g., depression, anxiety disorder, delirium, psychosis), and any current mental health problems Physical examination • Full clinical examination • Systems review including: – constitutional (e.g., fatigue, anorexia, fevers, weight loss) – neurological – mental status – dermatological Other examinations and investigations as required Assessment including differential diagnosis Development of care plan Palliative Care Strategy for HIV and other diseases 33
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