Why partnerships are important to improving... Older people can have multiple, complex illnesses as they near the end of their lives. Achieving the best possible palliative care and advance... Read more... 15/06/2018 | Community | Older Australia Tags: Partnerships Views: 467
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: 482
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: 461
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: 498
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: 504
Reflections of a palliative care pharmacist at... Since 2004 I have had the privilege of being the clinical pharmacist at Daw House, a 15-bed hospice based at Repat Hospital, which is in the... Read more... 6/12/2017 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 515