How do we use advance care planning in Japan? Advance care planning (ACP) can improve end of life care in line with a person's wishes. But is it a Western concept that can be applied to... Read more... 5/11/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 2419
Time to prioritise research on palliative... As our population ages and patterns of disease change, there is an increasing demand for palliative care and the need for greater community... Read more... 14/05/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Research Views: 1980
Dealing with Dying – Some Comments for Carers Palliative care helps people live their life as fully and as comfortably as possible when living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Carers... Read more... 31/01/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers | InFocus | Supporting Carers Tags: End-of-life conversations Views: 3165
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: 3477
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: 1746
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: 1992