As part of a symposium titled “Qatar National Palliative Care Policy”, organized by the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Qatar, and in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Ministry of Public Health in Qatar, and The World Health Organization, SANAD, the Home Hospice Organization of Lebanon prepared and executed a needs assessment on the need for integrating palliative care into the care of older adults at Al Rumailah hospital in Qatar.
SANAD’s team, consisting of nurses, doctors, psychologists, and public health researchers presented the results of the needs assessment followed by hospital and national level recommendations. SANAD’s team also conducted in-depth sessions spanning over two consecutive days on the topic of palliative care for older patients for the doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals of HMC.