What you need to know about Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Implementation in South... The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act was passed by the South Australian Parliament on 24 June 2021. Kate Swetenham, Clinical Lead for End of Life Care at SA Health, shares... Read more... 14/09/2022 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: End-of-Life Care | Voluntary Assisted Dying Views: 1272
Bringing the ‘fight’ to the co-design of a national action plan on paediatric... We've teamed up with Palliative Care Australia to run coverage on the Australian Paediatric Palliative Care Conference. In our first blog post Melanie Rolfe highlights the... Read more... 14/09/2022 | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Paediatrics Tags: End-of-Life Care | Australian Paedatric Palliative Care Conference Views: 1476
What matters most to patients with palliative care needs when receiving care within... The centrality of the role of hospitals in provision of palliative care is often not well recognised and care provision can be suboptimal. Dr Claudia Virdun, Senior Research... Read more... 6/08/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 767
How can we better recognise dying in acute care? In her third and last blog for the series, Jeanette Lacey discusses how changing questions asked in acute care hospitals can help to recognise dying earlier. Read more... 21/07/2021 | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials | Acute care Views: 1535