Navigating the unknown: Palliative care after stroke In this blog, Natalie Govind discusses the lack of focus on end-of-life considerations in stroke cases despite a significant risk of mortality within the first month... Read more... 31/10/2023 | Blog | CareSearch Project | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Acute Care Tags: Palliative Care | post-stroke | terminal care | patients and families Views: 790
Resources give staff confidence for end-of-life conversations with people with dementia Professor Josephine Clayton discusses the Advance Project Dementia Toolkit, which includes tailored resources for front line staff working in aged and primary care and how this... Read more... 24/10/2023 | Blog | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Allied Health Tags: Aged care | pallliative care | dementia care resources Views: 792
Evidenced-based models of rural palliative care Almost half (45%) of the world’s population lives in rural areas, yet their access to quality palliative care is limited. Claire Marshall discusses evidence-based models... Read more... 22/09/2023 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Evidence-based palliative care | health professionals | rural palliative care Views: 736
Patient reported outcome measures: What are they useful for in palliative care? Patient-reported outcome measures in palliative care attempt to capture the patient experience to drive service improvements. However, as Dr Ollie Minton and Prof Aileen... Read more... 19/09/2023 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Palliative Care | patient outcomes Views: 551