The Nightingale Program: Providing dementia-specific palliative care support The Nightingale Program, a palliative care initiative by Dementia Australia, provides free support through specialised nurses and occupational therapists to individuals with... Read more... 5/12/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses | Aged Care in home Tags: Residential aged care | Aged care | aged care workers | dementia care resources Views: 5529
Postmortem care in adult critical care: It’s all about respect, death rituals and... Providing end of life care can be rewarding, yet particularly challenging for nurses in intensive care as the momentum of their care is about saving lives. Professor Melissa... Read more... 29/09/2023 | Blog | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | Nurses | Death rituals | Postmortem Care Views: 6131
Enhancing palliative care at home: The role of generalist home care services G Johnstone, L Davey, J Cato and Professor J Lowthian discuss the role of home care services and the challenges in meeting palliative care patient needs. Read more... 25/08/2023 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Nurses | Aged Care in home Tags: Home care Views: 5526
Aged care nursing: the speciality of the future Over the last four decades, aged care services in Australia have changed from publicly funded nursing homes to privately run 'residential aged care facilities' that... Read more... 8/05/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses | Aged Care in home | InFocus | Supporting the Retention of Nurses Tags: Aged care Views: 4439