On May 31, 2022, members of the project team of the Erasmus mundus project "Design and Implementation of Master Degree in Palliative Care" from the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Maribor and the Faculty of Health Studies of the University of Sarajevo visited the palliative care facility Hospice Marija K. Kozulić in Rijeka as part of the Erasmus mundus project "Design and Implementation of Master Degree in Palliative Care". The hospice provides comprehensive care for people whose illness no longer "responds" to treatment procedures, and works closely with the Institute for Palliative Care KBC Rijeka, the PGŽ Health Center, and the mobile palliative team that provides palliative care in the patient's home. In this way, their work is coordinated with inpatient hospice inpatient care. After the introductory presentations and the official presentation of the facility, a discussion took place between the hospice staff and the project team. The discussion included a presentation of numerous experiences and challenges faced by the hospice staff in their daily work, as well as the growing need for the services offered by the hospice.
After the discussion, the members of the project team, led by Director Sr. Leopolda Ivković and Senior Medical Technician Zvonimir Valeđić, as well as the Hospice's physiotherapist, visited the site where the Hospice operates. During the tour, the premises and the organization of the hospice's work were presented, as well as the activities carried out on a daily basis.
Director Sr. Leopolda, together with the staff of the Hospice, warmly welcomed the initiative of the project "Design and Implementation of Master Degree in Palliative Care" and emphasized the current global situation, in which the demand for more efficient and better access to health services and the need for continuous care of people is increasing, precisely because of the mentioned global changes and the increased needs of society, such as the aging of the population and the increasing incidence of chronic diseases.
