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: 2190
My life choices: A study of Chinese-speaking older Australians and their attitudes and... Many individuals in the Chinese-speaking community come from countries or regions where death is considered a taboo topic, making it challenging to initiate discussions about... Read more... 27/09/2023 | Blog | Community | Older Australia | Diverse Communities | Patients and Carers | Aged Care in home Tags: Advance care planning | End of life conversations | Chinese-speaking | Older Australians Views: 1965
Evidenced-based models of rural palliative care Almost half (45%) of the world’s population lives in rural areas, yet their access to quality palliative care is limited. Claire Marshall discusses evidence-based models... Read more... 22/09/2023 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Evidence-based palliative care | health professionals | rural palliative care Views: 1646
Patient reported outcome measures: What are they useful for in palliative care? Patient-reported outcome measures in palliative care attempt to capture the patient experience to drive service improvements. However, as Dr Ollie Minton and Prof Aileen... Read more... 19/09/2023 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Palliative Care | patient outcomes Views: 1176