What can the Clinical Frailty Scale tell us about planning for death? In this blog, Dr Robin Blythe and Prof. Adrian Barnett examines the role of the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) in planning for end-of-life care among older people. While the CFS... Read more... 10/03/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Residential Aged Care | GPs | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Advance care planning | Aged care | Palliative Care | End Of Life | CFS | Clinical Frailty Scale | Frailty | End Of Life Care Planning Views: 168
Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy: Exploring new treatments for distress at end of life In this blog, Dr Marg Ross, Senior Clinical Psychologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, explores the emerging role of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in... Read more... 4/03/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Allied Health Tags: Mental health | Palliative Care | End Of Life | Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy | Existential Distress | Life Limiting Illness | Depression | Anxiety Views: 206
End-of-life care in dementia: Are we doing enough? In this blog, Dr Janani Thillainadesan and Professor David Le Couteur examine end-of-life care for people with dementia, highlighting the challenges of an unpredictable disease... Read more... 13/01/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Dementia | Palliative Care | End of life care | Nursing Homes | End Of Life | Geriatrics | Inpatients | Pneumonia | Terminally ill | Science of nutrition Views: 1159