Carers and Online Health Information National Carers Week provides us all with an opportunity to stop and think about the care that is needed by palliative care patients and that is... Read more... 21/10/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Accessing services and support Views: 533
Insight into being a carer In May 2011, my widowed mother, Donne, was unexpectedly diagnosed with late stage oesophageal cancer. Mum was the epicentre of my family’s... Read more... 17/10/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers | InFocus | Supporting Carers Tags: Home care Views: 637
National Carers Week 2016 – Carers Count! National Carers Week gives all Australians the opportunity to show their support for Australia’s 2.8 million unpaid carers! This... Read more... 16/10/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Person-centred care Views: 693
Highlighting Pain: World Hospice Day 2016 ul { list-style-position: inside; } World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and... Read more... 8/10/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 420
Listen, Acknowledge, Respond: Addressing the... Mental health and palliative care patients: the “treatment gap” Sadness, social withdrawal, depression, loss of hope; if a... Read more... 30/08/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Mental health Views: 533
Dying To Know Day: Everyone can make a difference. What if we knew how to respond to death and loss when it happens in our family, workplace and community? What if we knew how to access end of... Read more... 2/08/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: End-of-life conversations Views: 452