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: 1204
Broadening the role of paramedics in... Paramedics’ scope of practice has traditionally been limited to providing life-sustaining interventions for acute emergencies. But they also... Read more... 30/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Paramedics Views: 2251
How a practice change toolkit can improve end... Health professionals working in hospitals are faced with several barriers when implementing evidence based practice in end-of-life care, including... Read more... 23/10/2019 | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 1420
Tackling eye and mouth care during end of life Symptom management is a large component of maintaining a person’s comfort at the end of life, along with supporting spiritual, emotional and... Read more... 16/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: palliAGED | Person-centred care Views: 10909
The ELDAC Home Care Toolkit: Resources to... The ELDAC Home Care Toolkit is available online through the ELDAC website (www.eldac.com.au) and connects aged care staff working in home and... Read more... 14/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: Education and training | ELDAC Views: 2001
Palliative Care Queensland uses palliAGED... Training residential aged care (RAC) staff is important to support their knowledge to ensure excellent palliative care to their residents. Marg... Read more... 9/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: Education and training | palliAGED Views: 1547