Media Releases
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CareSearch Recognises Carers Week by Supporting Carers Oct 2010
Anyone, at anytime, can find themselves responsible for the wellbeing of a partner, family member or friend at the end of their life. Most Australians who are terminally ill spend the majority of the last year of their lives in their home - this would not be possible without the contribution of carers.
CareSearch nurses hub supports nurses caring for palliative patients in the community, in hospitals and in specialist settings Aug 2010
Palliative care is an important area of clinical care providing care when a disease cannot be cured. Nurses are a critical part of this multidisciplinary care. Given an aging population and increasing number of patients with multiple, ongoing and complex conditions, nurses in many different settings will look after patients needing palliative care.
National Palliative Care Week
National Palliative Care Week is held each week in May. It draws attention on how we, as a community and as health professionals, support those who are living with a terminal illness and approaching death.
Palliative Care Australia’s campaign this year focuses on If only I knew…how to talk about dying. This campaign aims to encourage community discussion about death and dying.
International Nurses Day 12th May
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world each year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The theme for 2010 is Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Chronic Care. Nurses are a core part of any team providing palliative care.
MND Week
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive neurological disease. MND affects approximately 1400 people in Australia at any given time and their carers, families and friends live daily with its impact. On average every day in Australia at least one person dies from MND and another is diagnosed. CareSearch would like to recognise MND week which takes place on May 2-8.
Posted by Admin on 29 April 2010
Harmony Day 21st March 2010
Australia is a multicultural country and nearly three million Australians speak a language other than English. To recognise World Harmony Day on March 21 2010, CareSearch has translated the patient and family DVDs into three languages - Greek, Italian and Cantonese.
Posted by Admin on 17 March 2010
World Kidney Day 11 March 2010
World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. The 2010 campaign will focus on Diabetes, the leading cause of Chronic Kidney Disease.
Posted by Admin on 6 March 2010
CareSearch resources to recognise Carers: Carers Week 18 -24 October 2009
Carers play an important role in the community and during Carers Week, CareSearch is taking the opportunity to recognise this contribution by releasing new resources to support family carers providing care at the end of life.
Posted by Admin on 21 October 2009
World Hospice Day Media Release 9 October 2009
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
Posted by Admin on 6 October 2009
Meeting community information needs Media Release 26 May 2009
New pages were released on the first anniversary of the launch of CareSearch. These pages were designed to support GPs providing palliative care in the community and to help patients and their families.
Posted by Admin on 26 May 2009
Media Release 26 May 2008
Website launched to help people make informed palliative care decisions. You can also hear an audio of the event by going to the CareSearch Launch page.
Posted by Admin on 26 May 2008
Ministers Media Release 26 May 2008
$6.5 million to improve palliative support was announced by the Minister for Ageing at the launch of CareSearch palliative care knowledge network and National Palliative Care Week.
This page was created on 26 May 2008
Last updated 17 May 2010