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: 542
Putting palliative care first: A nurse-led tool for advanced dementia assessment In this blog, Dr Carolyn Bourke, Professor Lynn Chenoweth, Dr Ekavi Georgousopoulou and Professor Anna Williams share their research on developing the End of Life Care... Read more... 18/11/2025 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses | HP Education Tags: Dementia | Aged care | Palliative Care | Dementia care | Symptom management | End of life care | Evidence Based Care | Advanced Dementia | EoLCATD | Dementia Assessment Views: 544
Finding strength in unity: The Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra Carer... Anica Petkovski shares the Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra (MCCI) Weavers program. A peer-to-peer model that supports carers in navigating the emotional... Read more... 29/08/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Dementia | carers | Dementia care | Community palliative care Views: 1986
Laughter Care and families of people with dementia in aged care Laughter Care, delivered by The Humour Foundation in Australian residential aged care facilities, involves Specialists engaging with people living with dementia through... Read more... 23/07/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Dementia | Residential aged care | Palliative Care | Dementia care Views: 1571