What can the Clinical Frailty Scale tell us... 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... 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: 217
Reimagining respite and transition care for... In this blog, Dr Claudia Meyer explores how respite and transition care can be reimagined through a person-centred, rights-based approach that... Read more... 10/02/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Dementia | Aged care | Palliative Care | End of life care | Realist Review | Respite Care | Caregivers | Residential Care Views: 278
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... 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: 1188
Deciding who decides. How are decisions about... In this blog, Dr Jayne Hewitt, Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University, explores the challenges healthcare... Read more... 5/12/2025 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Nurses | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | Healthcare Professionals | End-of-life decision-making | Withholding treatment | Advance health directive | Substitute decision-makers | Critical care | Emergency care Views: 542
Bringing palliative care expertise to a... In this blog, Dr Jianxia Zhai, Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, STEM College, RMIT University, highlights her... Read more... 2/12/2025 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Nurses | Allied Health | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | Patient Care | Palliative Care Nurse Consultant | PCNC | General Medicine Ward | Patients And Families Support Views: 871
Caring through loss: How aged care nurses... In this blog, Dr Michelle Stubbs, Program Convenor Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Newcastle, highlights the emotional toll experienced... Read more... 3/11/2025 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses Tags: Residential aged care | Palliative Care | Nurses | End of life care | Grief and Loss | Cumulative Grief | Self Care Views: 760