Finding strength through advocacy: Supporting a parent living with dementia Dr Annie Dullow shares her emotional yet rewarding journey of caring for her mother with dementia. She discusses the important role of carers and emphasises the need for better... Read more... 4/06/2024 | Blog | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Bereavement | Residential aged care | Palliative Care | Grief Views: 1900
Does good care equal good grief? A recent review suggests otherwise Grief and bereavement are deeply personal yet universal experiences that profoundly affect family caregivers when a loved one enters, lives in, or dies in residential aged... Read more... 29/05/2024 | Blog | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Bereavement | Residential aged care | Palliative Care | Grief Views: 2841
Nurse practitioners: Increasing access to palliative care in residential aged care... Nurses and carers working in residential aged care are under pressure to provide care for people with very complex needs in an environment that often lacks senior staff.... Read more... 3/04/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Residential aged care | Pain management | Palliative Care | Symptom management Views: 5281
A voice for those without: The Dementia Doula role Dementia is a life-limiting condition, yet the palliative care needs of people with dementia often go unrecognised and unassessed. Wendy Hall explains the role of the Dementia... Read more... 30/01/2024 | Blog | Community | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Residential Aged Care Tags: Dementia | Residential aged care | death doula | Dementia care | Dementia doulas Views: 4208