Improving palliative care in the home and community: Building CAPACITI (Community Access to PAlliative Care via Interprofessional primary care Teams Intervention)

Palliative care is care that emphasizes quality-of-life rather than curative treatment for patients with advanced illness. Particularly home-based palliative care is important because 80% of patients want to die at home, yet 65% die in hospital. Strong evidence shows home-based palliative care-delivered by physicians working in primary care teams-reduces pain and symptoms, improves quality-of-life, and reduces health care costs. Yet