What is SAPV?

“The specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) aims to maintain, promote and improve the quality of life and self-determination of seriously ill people and to give them a decent life until death in their familiar home environment, in an inpatient hospice or in an inpatient care facility to enable. The SAPV is technically competent in accordance with the generally recognized medical and nursing science findings, needs-based and economical to provide. The individual needs and wishes of the patient as well as the concerns of his or her trusted persons are the focus of the care. "(HPG, Hospice and Palliative Act of December 2015)

What does the SAPV include?

The SAPV includes in particular specialized palliative medical and palliative care advice and / or (partial) care, including the coordination of necessary care services through to comprehensive, individual support management. Multi-professionalism, 24-hour availability, seven days a week and specialist status (through further training and experience) of the individual service providers primarily active in palliative care are essential here.

SAPV in the CCC Marburg

In the OZ Marburg, the services according to SAPV are available in cooperation with the Palliative Care Team (PCT) Marburg / Hospiznetz Marburg. Further information can be found on the website of the Palliative Care Team (PCT) Marburg / Hospiznetz Marburg. For inpatients at the UKGM Marburg, the transfer to the SAPV is carried out by two coordinators if necessary. The SAPV regulation is issued by palliative care physicians.