From Dying2Learn to Dying to Know Day: Bringing to life conversations about death and... Australians are not well prepared for death and there are indications that many people are not comfortable talking about death. It may be that as medical advances have improved... Read more... 25/07/2017 | Community | Dying2Learn Tags: End-of-life conversations Views: 1190
Preparing for the future by learning from the present In my role managing two aged care homes in Melbourne, I have come across a number of challenges which needed to be overcome. I took over one home four and a half years ago and... Read more... 24/05/2017 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Education and training Views: 1446
Aged care and palliative care: what’s the difference? For this discussion, aged care refers to the additional care required for an older person needing regular health professional input either in the community or in an aged care... Read more... 17/05/2017 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 2432
Policy is ‘many headed’ and is important in aged care Many people spend the last stages of their lives in aged care, and for that reason Palliative Care Australia believes that end-of-life care should be recognised as core... Read more... 11/05/2017 | Implementation and Translation Tags: Strategy and policy Views: 1916