CareSearch updates

As part of our work CareSearch continuously supports clinicians and the wider community to access evidence-based tools to support palliative care. For many years we have promoted use of the internationally validated SPICT Tool developed to assist with early identification of people with deteriorating health due to advanced conditions or a serious illness.

We are proud to announce that CareSearch is now a platinum partner of the International SPICT Programme.

We are undertaking a major re-structure of our current website to redesign how we connect you with knowledge and resources. The new CareSearch portal will offer a rich set of integrated resources for the palliative care community that can be quickly and easily navigated.

We have collaborated with Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia and Palliative Care South Australia to create podcasts that aim to promote understanding of palliative care and awareness of support services. The podcasts are available in Cantonese, Croatian, Greek, Mandarin, Spanish, Ukranian, and English, and cover the topics: what is palliative care, pain and symptom management, what kind of services are available, and others. Read more

Our Dying2Learn 2020 graduation booklet has been mailed to participants who expressed interest. The booklet outlines the topics, activities, and participant answers and feedback.

We have free copies remaining, email us at caresearch@flinders.edu.au to order.

The research paper Words describing feelings about death: A comparison of sentiment for self and others and changes over time has been published in PLOS ONE. The publication evaluated the language used by previous participants to describe their feelings about death and dying and found that altering the way we think about death, and teaching people to discuss it in a more positive way, could improve end-of-life health care.

To better serve your information needs, we at the CareSearch Project want to know how we can better tailor our future communication materials. Have your say by answering this 5-minute survey.