How palliative care is delivered to infants with life-limiting conditions: Findings... Infants with life-limiting conditions rarely receive specialist palliative care despite having clear needs at the end of life. Rebecca Iten describes her research into the... Read more... 19/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Palliative Care Needs | Infants Views: 491
Improving palliative and supportive care in advanced cirrhosis: The HepatoCare model... Patients suffering from advanced cirrhosis often face an unpredictable disease progression and a significant decline in their quality of life. Alison Kearney introduces... Read more... 7/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Quality Improvement | Cirrhosis Views: 608
An integrated respiratory and palliative care service for people with advanced lung... People with advanced chronic respiratory disease have a higher symptom burden compared to people with advanced lung cancer. In this blog, Dr Julie McDonald advocates for early... Read more... 19/12/2023 | Blog | CareSearch Project | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Advanced Cancer Views: 547
My life choices: A study of Chinese-speaking older Australians and their attitudes and... Many individuals in the Chinese-speaking community come from countries or regions where death is considered a taboo topic, making it challenging to initiate discussions about... Read more... 27/09/2023 | Blog | Community | Older Australia | Diverse Communities | Patients and Carers | Aged Care in home Tags: Advance care planning | End of life conversations | Chinese-speaking | Older Australians Views: 1142