How do we use advance care planning in Japan? Advance care planning (ACP) can improve end of life care in line with a person's wishes. But is it a Western concept that can be applied to other countries? Yumi Naito a... Read more... 5/11/2019 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Advance care planning Views: 1048
Broadening the role of paramedics in palliative care Paramedics’ scope of practice has traditionally been limited to providing life-sustaining interventions for acute emergencies. But they also have the unique potential to... Read more... 30/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Paramedics Views: 1968
How a practice change toolkit can improve end of life care in hospitals Health professionals working in hospitals are faced with several barriers when implementing evidence based practice in end-of-life care, including the amount of evidence to... Read more... 23/10/2019 | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 1206
Tackling eye and mouth care during end of life Symptom management is a large component of maintaining a person’s comfort at the end of life, along with supporting spiritual, emotional and cultural wellbeing of the... Read more... 16/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: palliAGED | Person-centred care Views: 9792