Nurse practitioners: increasing access to... Nurses and carers working in residential aged care are under pressure to provide care for people with very complex needs in an environment that... Read more... 3/04/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Residential aged care | Pain management | Palliative Care | Symptom management Views: 1368
Using virtual care to enhance palliative care... In palliative care, ensuring comfort and support is crucial. Virtual care emerges as a vital tool, fostering connections between patients,... Read more... 3/04/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-Life Care | Palliative Care | Virtual care Views: 451
Personalised virtual reality in palliative... Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising non-pharmacological therapy in palliative care, offering potential benefits for symptom management... Read more... 27/03/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: Acute care | Aged care | Palliative Care | Technology | Virtual Reality Views: 409
Supporting patients with end-stage chronic... Challenges in accessing palliative care are most profound in rural areas due to workforce constraints, service structures, and lack of viable... Read more... 19/03/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-Life Care | Advance care planning | Palliative Care | rural palliative care | Advance chronic disease Views: 539
GPs and home-based palliative care Professor Elizabeth Reymond discusses the pivotal role that general practitioners have in helping patients experience a ‘good home... Read more... 18/03/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: Home care | Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Community | General practitioner | GP Views: 986
Looking back and looking forward: Using life... In recognition of Advance Care Planning week (18-24 March), our team asked Craig Sinclair and Rebecca Walton, researchers currently looking... Read more... 6/03/2024 | Blog | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Advance care planning | advance care planning week Views: 440