At home until the end? What carers shared... Older Australians often wish to remain at home through the end of life, but for many families this can be difficult to achieve. In this blog, Dr... Read more... 19/05/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: Residential aged care | Home care | Aged care | Palliative Care | carers | End of life care | Support At Home | End Of Life Pathway | Older Australia Views: 78
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: 510
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: 463
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: 1419
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: 788
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: 1019