What is Unit of care - Meaning and definition - Pallipedia

Unit of care

Published by Roberto Wenk. Reviewed by Alison Ramsey. Last updated date: September 17, 2019.

Those who are the focus of a plan of care.
In hospice palliative care, this is typically defined as the patient and their family.

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care. Appendices: Lexicon of Commonly Used Terms. Accessed June 21, 2015.

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Unit of care. IAHPC Pallipedia. https://pallipedia.org/unit-of-care/. Accessed