Laughter Care and families of people with... Laughter Care, delivered by The Humour Foundation in Australian residential aged care facilities, involves Specialists engaging with people living... 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: 477
Bridging the gap: Revolutionising specialist... Chris Sanderson unpacks the underappreciated rural palliative care crisis and discusses how The Rural and Remote Institute of Palliative... Read more... 13/05/2024 | Blog | Health Professionals | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Palliative Care | Specialist Palliative Care | rural palliative care | Palliative medicine Views: 826
Nurse practitioners: Increasing access to... Nurses and carers working in residential aged care are under pressure to provide care for people with very complex needs in an environment that... Read more... 3/04/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Residential aged care | Pain management | Palliative Care | Symptom management Views: 2376
End-of-life care for people living with... A recent Australian study explored the experiences of 56 residential aged care staff in providing end-of-life care to people with advanced... Read more... 26/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Dementia | Palliative Care | carers | Needs Assessment Views: 1154
How palliative care is delivered to infants... Infants with life-limiting conditions rarely receive specialist palliative care despite having clear needs at the end of life. Rebecca Iten... Read more... 19/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Palliative Care Needs | Infants Views: 992
Is ageing-in-place a viable option for carers... Caregivers of individuals with advanced dementia frequently resort to emergency departments for symptom management when palliative care services... Read more... 12/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Dementia | Palliative Care | carers | Needs Assessment Views: 1599