CareSearch updates

Palliative care of older people includes assessing and responding to cognitive issues such as confusion, delirium, dementia and/or communication difficulties. We have updated the Cognitive Impairment and Dementia pages.

Related resources in the Practice Centre give ideas for education, care actions, and organisational supports.

Almost two thirds of adults over 80 years of age have three or more chronic diseases. This topic in palliAGED’s Evidence Centre has now been substantially updated and expanded to explain the impact of multiple chronic conditions on care at the end of life for older people. It provides wide-ranging and extensively researched evidence summaries to guide aged care practice in this area. The Practice Centre pages also provide practical resources and tools that staff can use to support older people in their care.

CareSearch’s new Evidence and Translation Centre, to be launched in National Palliative Care Week 2022, includes new two new hubs, Evidence Training and Translation Training.  It is a major expansion of our palliative care resources and information for health professionals.
 
The centre aims to support access to evidence and its use to improve the care of people with palliative care needs. Evidence helps us to understand what is effective and what is not. The centre is set to be available from 24 May.

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