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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

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

From knowledge to practice: Reflecting on the Palliative Care in Aged Care Forum

Acknowledgement: AI-assisted drafting tools (Microsoft Copilot) were used to adapt conference presentation slides. All revisions, interpretations, and conclusions are the author’s own. There is no shortage of evidence on the… Read more

Tags: Aged care / End of life care / From Knowledge To Practice / Implementation / Palliative Aged Care Forum / Palliative Care

Can we make the best use of our resources while getting the best possible results? Early specialist palliative care for older people with acute myeloid leukaemia

The problem Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a devastating disease, particularly for older people (over 60 years). While AML can strike at any age, most diagnoses occur after 65. Prognosis… Read more

Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukaemia / Aged care / AML / Economic Evaluation / End of life care / Older Geriatric / Palliative Care / Quality of Life