End of life law in aged care practice End of life law governs medical decisions made at the end of life, as well as around Advance Care Planning. Every year in Australia... Read more... 8/10/2018 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: ELDAC | End-of-life law Views: 1211
Improving end-of-life care for residential... Older people living in residential aged care facilities need to be provided high quality end-of-life care. This will often involve nurses who will... Read more... 3/10/2018 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 1155
The importance of communication in palliative care Staff at the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner have been listening to the stories of those dying in aged care since we first began on 1 January... Read more... 29/08/2018 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Person-centred care | ELDAC Views: 1854
Online health information - a valuable currency Online health information is available and accessible almost instantaneously; in Australia this is true for most individuals with internet... Read more... 16/07/2018 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: ELDAC | Digital health Views: 1130
Preparing for the future by learning from the... In my role managing two aged care homes in Melbourne, I have come across a number of challenges which needed to be overcome. I took over one home... Read more... 24/05/2017 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Education and training Views: 1279
Aged care and palliative care: what’s the... For this discussion, aged care refers to the additional care required for an older person needing regular health professional input either in the... Read more... 17/05/2017 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 2153