How do we use advance care planning in Japan? Advance care planning (ACP) can improve end of life care in line with a person's wishes. But is it a Western concept that can be applied to other countries? Yumi Naito a... Read more... 5/11/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 430
Time to prioritise research on palliative care, death and dying As our population ages and patterns of disease change, there is an increasing demand for palliative care and the need for greater community awareness about death and... Read more... 14/05/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Research Views: 545
Dealing with Dying – Some Comments for Carers Palliative care helps people live their life as fully and as comfortably as possible when living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Carers play a large role in providing... Read more... 31/01/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers | InFocus | Supporting Carers Tags: End-of-life conversations Views: 1031
Contemplating the last Christmas together Around 200,000 Australian families will be affected by death and dying this Christmas. Dr Lauren Miller-Lewis from CareSearch discusses the impact of death and dying over... Read more... 20/12/2018 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Bereavement Views: 1111