Improving end-of-life care for residential... Older people living in residential aged care facilities need to be provided high quality end-of-life care. This will often involve nurses who will... Read more... 3/10/2018 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 2168
Vulnerable older people at risk at end of life The end of life makes older people more vulnerable to elder abuse. Dr Kelly Purser and Associate Professor Tina Cockburn from the Australian... Read more... 27/09/2018 | Community | Older Australia Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 2206
The importance of palliAGED in rural and... About a third of Australian nurses work in rural and remote practice and many are sole practitioners working in geographically diverse and... Read more... 19/09/2018 | Health Professionals | Primary health care Tags: palliAGED | Digital health Views: 2295
How well prepared are health professionals to... Many health professionals would like to help patients with advance care planning. However, most of them need more training and support to improve... Read more... 12/09/2018 | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: Advance care planning Views: 2359
New palliative care helpline: 1800 870 155 The End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) helpline (1800 870 155) offers free access to information over the phone to people caring for... Read more... 10/09/2018 | Community | Older Australia Tags: ELDAC | Digital health Views: 1807
Pharmacists: The Medicines Experts Pharmacists can do more than simply fill prescriptions. They can help palliative patients and those living with chronic illnesses manage, review,... Read more... 5/09/2018 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Medications and pharmacy Views: 2310