PCPRV Receives Grant to Implement POST
(Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment)
The Palliative Care Partnership of the Roanoke Valley has received a $22,000 Geriatric Training and Education (GTE) Initiative Grant from the Virginia Center for Aging for a pilot project to implement the Physicians’ Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) form in the Roanoke Valley.
- A POST form is a set of physician-signed orders which communicates and implements patient preferences for end-of-life treatment.
- The form is transferable across treatment settings of participating health care agencies.
- A POST form may be appropriate for people who are either terminally ill or are seriously ill with chronic, progressive disease.
Agencies participating in this project include:
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
- Friendship Health & Rehab Center
- Richfield Recovery and Care Center
- Carilion Clinics Hospice – Roanoke
- Good Samaritan Hospice -- Roanoke
- Amedisys Hospice
- Medi Home Health & Hospice
Ultimately, the PCPRV hopes this project will be a catalyst for adopting the POST form and process on a statewide level similar to other states, including West Virginia and Oregon.
POST FAQ's
For more information about the PCPRV project contact:
Laura Pole at lpchef@earthlink.net
Next Meeting:
Friday, 6/8/12 – 7:30 a.m.
Residents’ Center at Friendship Retirement Community – Craft Room
To visit Friendship, take Exit 3E (Hershberger Road / Airport; Rt. 101 East) off of I-581.
Go 1.8 miles, passing through four stoplights:
At Wendy's / BB&T
Taco Bell / Wachovia
Walgreens / Shell (Williamson Road)
Light at the corner of the FRC campus (Florist Road)
Continue briefly down Hershberger until you see a sign on your left
that says Friendship Health and Rehab Center.
Take a left into the main parking lot here.
