Starting conversations with Dying to Know Day... Dying to Know Day (August 8th) is an annual campaign that encourages community members and organisations to host events that encourage critical... Read more... 13/07/2020 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: End-of-life conversations Views: 619
Addressing nurses’ fears of legal risks when... Some patients do not receive adequate pain and symptom relief at the end of life, causing distress to patients, families and healthcare... Read more... 8/07/2020 | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: ELDAC | End-of-life law Views: 1410
Psychosocial Care: improving practice for... palliAGED provides palliative care practice and evidence guidance for our aged care workforce. Susan Gravier and Robyn Dutschke, Research... Read more... 2/07/2020 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: palliAGED | Psychosocial care Views: 799
The impact of art therapy in a palliative setting Art therapy is used in palliative care to compliment a holistic approach to care and to augment traditional clinical and medical approaches. In... Read more... 25/06/2020 | Health Professionals | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Art therapy Views: 937
Reviewing and consolidating aged care guidance The last five years has seen major change in aged care policy directions and regulation. In this blog, CareSearch and palliAGED Director Professor... Read more... 19/06/2020 | Implementation and Translation Tags: palliAGED | Strategy and policy Views: 922
CPR discussions and decisions: a necessary... Discussions about CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) are difficult because they confront the person with death. However, when cardiac arrest... Read more... 9/06/2020 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: ELDAC | Advance care planning Views: 766