Is the dying person really unconscious? In the last days and/or hours of life, a dying person may no longer be able to communicate or express their own needs or preferences of care,... Read more... 16/11/2022 | Blog | Evidence | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-Life Care | Research Views: 2113
Children, the law, and end of life decision-making We've teamed up with Palliative Care Australia to run coverage on the Australian Paediatric Palliative Care Conference 2022. In our third blog... Read more... 14/10/2022 | Blog | Evidence | Health Professionals | Paediatrics Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-life law Views: 929
What you need to know about Voluntary Assisted... The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act was passed by the South Australian Parliament on 24 June 2021. Kate Swetenham, Clinical Lead for End of Life Care... Read more... 14/09/2022 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: End-of-Life Care | Voluntary Assisted Dying Views: 1653
Bringing the ‘fight’ to the co-design of a... We've teamed up with Palliative Care Australia to run coverage on the Australian Paediatric Palliative Care Conference. In our first blog post... Read more... 14/09/2022 | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Paediatrics Tags: End-of-Life Care | Australian Paedatric Palliative Care Conference Views: 1882
What matters most to patients with palliative... The centrality of the role of hospitals in provision of palliative care is often not well recognised and care provision can be suboptimal. Dr... Read more... 6/08/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 1023
How can we better recognise dying in acute care? In her third and last blog for the series, Jeanette Lacey discusses how changing questions asked in acute care hospitals can help to recognise... Read more... 21/07/2021 | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials | Acute care Views: 1665