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: 781
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: 390
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: 738
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: 626
Promoting psychological and spiritual... In this blog, Dr Peter Archer shares HammondCare’s Embrace Program, an initiative designed to nurture psychological growth and spiritual... Read more... 28/10/2025 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | Compassionate care | Spiritual care | Emotional Wellbeing | Meaning And Purpose | Psychological Health | Post Traumatic Growth Views: 687
Empowering paramedics to support palliative... In this blog, Mostyn Gooley from Queensland Ambulance Service, describes a recent study that introduced new guidelines encouraging paramedics... Read more... 23/10/2025 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Acute Care | Allied Health | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Paramedics | Palliative Care | End of life care | Compassionate care | Final Wishes Views: 576