Life’s Journey’s Final Steps: Dying in a Residential Aged Care Facility (RAC) We all know that the population is ageing; and the figures forecasted are significant with around 15% (3.6 million people) older than 65 years in 2016 (Australian Bureau of... Read more... 10/05/2016 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 1008
The Needs Assessment Tool for Carers: how GPs can help care for carers One of the most troubling aspects of caring for people at the end of life is caring for those left behind. The problem is simple – everyone focusses on the ill... Read more... 2/02/2016 | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 471
The End-of-Life Clinical Audit - a GP's experience It seems to me, as time goes by, that medicine becomes more and more fragmented. We don’t seem to consider our patients as a whole person anymore. Instead, our patients... Read more... 15/12/2015 | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 534
Fitting the pieces together: Completing the big picture puzzle of a coherent... A fundamental aspect of palliative care is that it is supposed to be “holistic care”. At an individual level, this emphasises the requirement to not only consider... Read more... 8/12/2015 | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 650