National Palliative Care Week 2023: People at the heart of palliative care All of us will be impacted by death and will be supported by families, communities, and systems that provide care. This requires an awareness of palliative care, information,... Read more... 24/05/2023 | Blog | Community | Health Professionals Tags: National Palliative Care Week Views: 1563
A cancer survivorship program incorporating psychosocial care: a Hong Kong experience There is an urgent need to develop a locally acceptable survivorship care model tailored to the needs of patients with advanced or metastatic cancer. Associate Professor Wendy... Read more... 18/05/2023 | Blog | Evidence | Health Professionals Tags: Psychosocial care | Cancer Views: 1948
Aged care nursing: the speciality of the future Over the last four decades, aged care services in Australia have changed from publicly funded nursing homes to privately run 'residential aged care facilities' that... Read more... 8/05/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses | Aged Care in home | InFocus | Supporting the Retention of Nurses Tags: Aged care Views: 3261
Palliative care for people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in... With an ageing population and high levels of migration to Australia, the Australian healthcare community must recognise individualised and cultural needs when approaching death... Read more... 4/05/2023 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Cultural groups Views: 2391