What matters most when deciding about... People with advanced cancer often face complex treatment decisions, where small survival benefits must be weighed against side effects and the... Read more... 2/04/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Primary health care | GPs | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care | Aged Care in home Tags: Palliative Care | Advanced Cancer | End of life care | quality of life | Time Toxicity | TIME DCE | Treatment Decisions Views: 28
Supportive care for people with life-limiting... In this blog, Dr Tracy Schumacher and other authors, explore how supportive care uses a holistic, multidisciplinary team approach to help people... Read more... 12/03/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Health Professionals | GPs | Nurses | Allied Health | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | quality of life | holistic care | Multidisciplinary Care | Supportive Care | Chronic Condition | Chronic Illness Views: 390
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: 305
Embedding quality in practice: Using the... In this blog, Kate Ritchie, Senior Project Officer, Palliative Care Australia, introduced The National Palliative Care Standards and the... Read more... 5/11/2025 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Residential Aged Care | GPs | Nurses | Allied Health | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Aged care | Palliative Care | Nurse | Clinicians | GP | End of life care | PaCSA | Allied Health | National Palliative Care Standards Views: 849
Understanding pain and appetite distress in... In this blog, Dr Mariana Sousa, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at IMPACCT, University of Technology Sydney, shares findings on how... Read more... 27/08/2025 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | GPs | Nurses | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Palliative Care | Pancreatic Cancer | Pain and Appetite Distress Views: 915
Evidence for contemporary palliative care:... Find out how the updated CareSearch Clinical Evidence Summaries are helping to ‘bridge the gap between research and real-world care,’... Read more... 15/04/2025 | Blog | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Acute Care | Paediatrics | GPs | Nurses | Allied Health Tags: End-of-Life Care | Person-centred care | Palliative Care | End-of-life planning Views: 2189