How palliative care is delivered is more... The location of palliative care is important, but the Health Care Consumers’ Association (HCCA) believes that the quality of care people... Read more... 26/04/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Person-centred care Views: 1293
National Advance Care Planning Week sparks... For the first time, Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) ran National Advance Care Planning Week (16 - 22 April). Linda Nolte, Program Director... Read more... 23/04/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 1143
Support for health professionals to know more... One part of advance care planning that is often unseen is law. Yet law plays an important role in end-of-life care. Professor Ben White and... Read more... 19/04/2018 | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-life law Views: 1268
National Advance Care Planning Week If you were unable to speak for yourself, who would you want to speak for you? And more importantly, what health care decisions would you want... Read more... 16/04/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 1168
End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC)... The number of Australians over the age of 65 is rising, and during the next three decades, the proportion of the population aged over 85 will more... Read more... 11/04/2018 | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: Education and training | ELDAC Views: 1147
Listen, pause, and breathe – guidance in... A culturally acceptable approach is crucial to delivering quality person-centred palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... Read more... 3/04/2018 | Health Professionals | Indigenous Health Tags: Cultural groups Views: 3444