Improving palliative and supportive care in advanced cirrhosis: The HepatoCare model... Patients suffering from advanced cirrhosis often face an unpredictable disease progression and a significant decline in their quality of life. Alison Kearney introduces... Read more... 7/02/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Quality Improvement | Cirrhosis Views: 2379
POMSNAME: A simple innovation to improve the assessment and documentation of... Assessing and documenting the palliative care needs and preferences of people with life-limiting illness is important yet can be challenging if based on complex, lengthy... Read more... 31/01/2024 | Blog | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses Tags: Palliative Care | Palliative care nursing | Palliative Care Needs | Palliative Care Assessment Views: 2581
The Namaste Care™ program for people with dementia at end of life in residential aged... Dr Sara Karacsony describes the Namaste Care program—a person-centred approach to bringing calm, comfort and connection to people living with advanced dementia. Read more... 24/01/2024 | Blog | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Residential Aged Care | Nurses Tags: Dementia | Residential aged care | Dementia care Views: 4280
End-of-Life Law for Clinicians: Improving health professionals' legal knowledge and... Dr Rachel Feeney discusses the impact of QUT’s End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC) online training program on health professionals' knowledge and confidence in... Read more... 9/01/2024 | Blog | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Acute Care | Paediatrics | GPs | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-life law | health professionals | Clinicians Views: 3028