A Common Set of ELDAC Clinical Tools Paul Tait from End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) discusses how the ELDAC project has identified twelve commonly used clinical tools... Read more... 19/09/2019 | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: ELDAC | Translation and application Views: 681
Building palliative care capacity with education To meet the public’s increasing demand for palliative care services, especially in community and residential aged care settings, we need to... Read more... 5/09/2019 | Health Professionals | HP Education | InFocus | Education Tags: Education and training Views: 557
Designed effective palliative care education Education and training of the health workforce are essential to enhance the capacity of health professionals to deliver a palliative care... Read more... 3/09/2019 | Health Professionals | Primary health care | InFocus | Education Tags: Education and training Views: 658
Vital advance care planning support for aged care Seventy per cent of older Australians are still without an Advance Care Directive. Given the expected increase in our older population and the... Read more... 29/08/2019 | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: Advance care planning Views: 525
Why driving matters to patients at the end of life Most people with advanced disease experience uncontrolled symptoms such as fatigue, pain or breathlessness, which can interfere with their daily... Read more... 27/08/2019 | Health Professionals Tags: Medications and pharmacy Views: 446
“Let’s talk about it”: Are patients too old... Part of holistic health care is the recognition that humans are sexual beings. Evidence tells us that the sexual needs of patients receiving... Read more... 19/08/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Person-centred care Views: 1014