Is ageing-in-place a viable option for carers... Caregivers of individuals with advanced dementia frequently resort to emergency departments for symptom management when palliative care services... Read more... 12/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Dementia | Palliative Care | carers | Needs Assessment Views: 1046
Improving palliative and supportive care in... Patients suffering from advanced cirrhosis often face an unpredictable disease progression and a significant decline in their quality of life.... Read more... 7/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Quality Improvement | Cirrhosis Views: 585
POMSNAME: A simple innovation to improve the... Assessing and documenting the palliative care needs and preferences of people with life-limiting illness is important yet can be challenging if... Read more... 31/01/2024 | Blog | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses Tags: Palliative Care | Palliative care nursing | Palliative Care Needs | Palliative Care Assessment Views: 773
End-of-Life Law for Clinicians: Improving... Dr Rachel Feeney discusses the impact of QUT’s End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC) online training program on health professionals'... Read more... 9/01/2024 | Blog | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Acute Care | Paediatrics | GPs | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-life law | health professionals | Clinicians Views: 705
People with dementia deserve better: Improving... People living with dementia are less likely to receive palliative care than those with other diagnoses. Dr Elissa Campbell argues traditional... Read more... 4/01/2024 | Blog | CareSearch Project | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Dementia | Palliative Care | Dementia care Views: 891
An integrated respiratory and palliative care... People with advanced chronic respiratory disease have a higher symptom burden compared to people with advanced lung cancer. In this blog, Dr Julie... Read more... 19/12/2023 | Blog | CareSearch Project | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Advanced Cancer Views: 527