Background: "Opening a Wine bar "at a Palliative Care Unit PCU is just a way to give the patients the opportunity of feeling alive.Aim: This experience was carried out because in palliative medical practice the question of how to take care of patients and improve the quality of their remaining life expectancy is essential. Patients', carers' and relatives' opinions are good.
Design:We built an opinion survey with biostatisticians from the hospital (DRCI of the Universal Hospital UCH of Clermont-Ferrand) and it started in February 2015. We came up with three types of questionnaires to patients, relatives and caregivers for one year.Setting/Participants: Patients were interviewed by professional staff who conducted face to face interviews. Relatives and caregivers were alone to answer.
Results:We got 115 answers, most of them are positive ones and give descriptive results. We also collected some verbatim answers. The results of this survey are gratifying. We are not so surprised because every day the patient's behaviour shows us how it can be important for them to be considered as still alive and not already dead without any desire.
Conclusion:It was important to perform this survey that demonstrates the humanistic dimension through a different way of caring. It confirms us in our first goal: allowing patients with serious diseases to enjoy some pleasure at the end of their life. This experience is going on and we are encouraged every day thanks to the patients' evidence or testimony.