❓ The Minister for Regional Development outlines the Liberal-National government's $4.788 million investment in the Albany Community Hospice through the Royalties for Regions program, highlighting its importance for palliative care in the Great Southern region.
AnsweredQoN 215Legislative Assembly
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ALBANY
COMMUNITY HOSPICE
215. Mr T.K. WALDRON to the
Minister for Regional Development:
Can the minister please explain how the Liberal–National
government is helping to support essential palliative care services in the
great southern?
COMMUNITY HOSPICE
215. Mr T.K. WALDRON to the
Minister for Regional Development:
Can the minister please explain how the Liberal–National
government is helping to support essential palliative care services in the
great southern?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Wagin for the question. On Friday last
week I had the fantastic opportunity to open the Albany Community Hospice, a building
that we funded through the royalties for regions program with some $4.788 million.
It is one of two privately owned hospices in Western Australia. It has huge
respect from the community, and it does a fantastic job in providing a high
level of care and support for palliative care patients in the catchment of
Albany and the broader regional areas surrounding it. This facility is located
right next door to Albany Hospital, which is another significant piece of
infrastructure that this government has funded during its time in government.
Being right next door to that facility means that all the synergies that exist
between a hospital and a hospice can be performed with the support, care and
services that come out of those facilities. Some of us have experienced
grandparents and the like reaching a stage in their lives at which they have to
move to a larger centre or, indeed, to Perth, to get the care and support they
need, particularly at the palliative care end. I am one of those who has had
that experience, and my grandmother, who lived in Denmark, was in despair at
the notion of shifting from Denmark to Albany. For someone of that era,
shifting just 50 kilometres is a significant shift, so think for a second what
it means for someone from the great southern who needs palliative care services
to be asked to move to Perth; that is huge. We now have a care service based in
Albany that has doubled in size from four beds to eight. It has fantastic
support services and the average stay is about 10 days, so it is not only for
those who need longer term care, but also for those who come in for short-term
stabilisation of their treatments before going back home, and to have that is
really significant. There is also an impact for carers, who have big demands
placed on them in their households; we know that that is where people want to
stay, and it is with a huge amount of pride that we invest this in a private
sector group that delivers a fantastic service in the great southern region.
The member for Albany was down there with me, and this is an organisation that
is hugely respected and will go on, with the support of this government, to
deliver fantastic services to people at a stage in their lives at which they
need that support.
week I had the fantastic opportunity to open the Albany Community Hospice, a building
that we funded through the royalties for regions program with some $4.788 million.
It is one of two privately owned hospices in Western Australia. It has huge
respect from the community, and it does a fantastic job in providing a high
level of care and support for palliative care patients in the catchment of
Albany and the broader regional areas surrounding it. This facility is located
right next door to Albany Hospital, which is another significant piece of
infrastructure that this government has funded during its time in government.
Being right next door to that facility means that all the synergies that exist
between a hospital and a hospice can be performed with the support, care and
services that come out of those facilities. Some of us have experienced
grandparents and the like reaching a stage in their lives at which they have to
move to a larger centre or, indeed, to Perth, to get the care and support they
need, particularly at the palliative care end. I am one of those who has had
that experience, and my grandmother, who lived in Denmark, was in despair at
the notion of shifting from Denmark to Albany. For someone of that era,
shifting just 50 kilometres is a significant shift, so think for a second what
it means for someone from the great southern who needs palliative care services
to be asked to move to Perth; that is huge. We now have a care service based in
Albany that has doubled in size from four beds to eight. It has fantastic
support services and the average stay is about 10 days, so it is not only for
those who need longer term care, but also for those who come in for short-term
stabilisation of their treatments before going back home, and to have that is
really significant. There is also an impact for carers, who have big demands
placed on them in their households; we know that that is where people want to
stay, and it is with a huge amount of pride that we invest this in a private
sector group that delivers a fantastic service in the great southern region.
The member for Albany was down there with me, and this is an organisation that
is hugely respected and will go on, with the support of this government, to
deliver fantastic services to people at a stage in their lives at which they
need that support.
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