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Our blog collection that informs and provides a platform for sharing views, tips, and ideas related to palliative care from community members and health professionals.

Exploring staff coping with grief and loss in residential aged care

Do aged care workers grieve after a resident dies in a residential aged care home? If you work in a residential aged care home, this question may feel deeply personal.… Read more

Tags: Aged care / End of life care / Grief and Loss / Grief Support / Palliative Care / RAC / Residential Aged Care / Workforce Wellbeing

How Gen AI is helping nursing students build confidence in end-of-life conversations

A safe place to practise difficult conversations End-of-life (EOL) conversations are some of the most sensitive and emotionally charged interactions that are integral to professional nursing practice. For many nursing… Read more

Tags: Artificial Intelligence / Cultural Diversity / End of life care / Gen AI / Generative Characters / Palliative Care / Simulation / Undergraduate Nursing

palliMEDS app update: Supporting generalist prescribers in palliative care

The palliMEDS app, a trusted resource for generalist prescribers, has been updated to include prescribing information for paediatric patients and additional prescribing for adults. These enhancements make it an invaluable… Read more

Tags: Clinical Decision Making / End of life care / Evidence Based Practice / Palliative Care / PalliMEDS / Symptom management

When art speaks: Revealing the hidden grief of aged care nurses

“Art allowed nurses to say what words had never fully captured.” Grief is rarely discussed in aged care, yet it sits quietly behind the routines, compassion, and continuity of care… Read more

Tags: Aged care / Art In Healthcare / Emotional Wellbeing / End of life care / Grief / Healthcare Workers / Nurses / Palliative Care / Wellbeing