Redefining death and dying in aged care: A call for compassionate end-of-life care With higher rates of frailty and death in aged care there is a movement towards making death as discreet as possible. In this blog, Rose Plater suggests the unintended... Read more... 6/06/2024 | Blog | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | Residential aged care | Compassionate care | good death Views: 940
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: 964
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: 1406
A new eLearning resource to improve pharmacist engagement with palliative care Dr Paul Tait and Leah Robinson discuss the updated version of “Essential CPE (eCPE) entitled Palliative Care” that the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)... Read more... 24/05/2024 | Blog | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-Life Care | Palliative Care | Pharmacist | End of life medicine Views: 1496