Metropolitan Palliative Care Consultancy Service (MPaCCS)
Our team is here to support yours.
MPaCCS is a mobile specialist palliative care team that works collaboratively with General Practitioners and other health professionals to ensure superior outcomes. We focus on building the palliative care workforce through training, education, assistance, and mentoring where there are currently no specialist palliative care consultation services available.
MPaCCS can assist the following facilities:
- Mental health and psycho-geriatric.
- Residential aged care.
- Residential disability.
- Correctional facilities.
- More than 10 years'experience in mobile care
- Palliative Care in WAAward Winner
- More than 20,000 patientscared for since 2015
- Facilities report 100%satisfaction with our support
Referrals
MPaCCS operates in a mobile manner and services the north, east and south metropolitan regions. Referrals can be delivered via fax or email. MPaCCS is not a 'rapid response' visiting service — we will contact the referring source to plan individually for each patient. Please phone the MPaCCS office if the referral is assessed as 'urgent', and we will do our best to accommodate.
- Phone: (08) 9217 1777
- Fax: (08) 9217 1788
- Email: MPaCCS@bethesda.org.au
General information about palliative care
In Western Australia, information and support are available between 9:00am - 4:30pm every day of the week from Palliative Care WA's Information and Support Line. Click here for more details.
Useful resources for residential aged care facility staff
- Caring in the Last Days of Life
This publication that helps explain the dying process for families, and gives guidance to caregivers in providing comfort and support to loved ones.
- Residential Aged Care Palliative Approach Toolkit
Aims to strengthen the capacity of residential aged care staff to deliver high quality, evidence-based care for residents.
- Care Search - Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care Facility
A useful booklet on dementia and affirming life, with information for carers, families and friends of people with severe and end-stage dementia.
- Cancer Council WA
Provides workshops and training sessions on all aspects of palliative care for health professionals.