CareSearch Director invited to Ageing Asia CareSearch director was invited to Ageing Asia conference in Singapore. In this blog, Jen reflects on her time in Singapore. She had the privilege... Read more... 15/05/2024 | Blog | Community | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Palliative Care | agedcare Views: 581
Bridging the gap: Revolutionising specialist... Chris Sanderson unpacks the underappreciated rural palliative care crisis and discusses how The Rural and Remote Institute of Palliative... Read more... 13/05/2024 | Blog | Health Professionals | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Palliative Care | Specialist Palliative Care | rural palliative care | Palliative medicine Views: 826
Supporting dignity at the end of life:... We can all play a role in conserving the dignity of people with advanced incurable disease or simply as people age. In this blog, Assoc Professor... Read more... 1/05/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Nurses | Allied Health Tags: End-of-Life Care | Person-centred care | Palliative Care | Dignity Views: 1677
Ensuring dignity and comfort in the late... Violet Platt, CEO of Palliative Care Victoria, shares insights into the 'Dignified and Respectful Decisions' project. This initiative... Read more... 26/04/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Person-centred care | Palliative Care | End of life care | Palliative Care Victoria Views: 958
Why don’t we talk about dying? Palliative care plays a crucial role in improving the quality of life and the dying experience, yet access to these services remains unequal,... Read more... 16/04/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Palliative Care | End of life conversations | Death and dying Views: 1259
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: 2376