Contemplating the last Christmas together Around 200,000 Australian families will be affected by death and dying this Christmas. Dr Lauren Miller-Lewis from CareSearch discusses the impact... Read more... 20/12/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Bereavement Views: 2011
Talking about palliative care needs and death... Every six seconds, one person with diabetes dies. Professor Trisha Dunning from Deakin University discusses the importance of end of life care for... Read more... 12/11/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: End-of-life conversations Views: 930
How palliative care is delivered is more... The location of palliative care is important, but the Health Care Consumers’ Association (HCCA) believes that the quality of care people... Read more... 26/04/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Person-centred care Views: 991
National Advance Care Planning Week sparks... For the first time, Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) ran National Advance Care Planning Week (16 - 22 April). Linda Nolte, Program Director... Read more... 23/04/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 887
National Advance Care Planning Week If you were unable to speak for yourself, who would you want to speak for you? And more importantly, what health care decisions would you want... Read more... 16/04/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 916
Reflections of my time in Daw House I started out my career as an enrolled nurse and after a few short term positions spent 21 years at Ashford Hospital. While I was there and... Read more... 18/12/2017 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 1019