The Role of Music Therapy in Addressing Anxiety in Palliative Care – Part One As a registered music therapist working in palliative care, [1-2] one of the most common referrals is to address client anxiety. Anxiety can present itself in many forms;... Read more... 24/08/2017 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Music therapy Views: 807
When the small things become extraordinarily important… When someone has an incurable disease like advanced cancer or motor neurone disease, they experience many changes, one of which is functional decline. Although functional... Read more... 18/11/2016 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Occupational Therapy Views: 815
Lifting weights and spirits! Move it or lose it, as the saying goes, is relevant to the field of palliative care. In fact, evidence suggests that up to 30% of muscle weakness in advanced illness can be due... Read more... 11/11/2016 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Physiotherapy Views: 483
The Role of Allied Health is Essential for People Living with MND I had the pleasure of coordinating the May edition of the CareSearch Allied Health Hub (AHH) newsletter in which we chose to highlight Motor Neurone Disease (MND) for three... Read more... 26/07/2016 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Motor Neurone Disease Views: 492