Vital advance care planning support for aged care Seventy per cent of older Australians are still without an Advance Care Directive. Given the expected increase in our older population and the... Read more... 29/08/2019 | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: Advance care planning Views: 796
Why driving matters to patients at the end of life Most people with advanced disease experience uncontrolled symptoms such as fatigue, pain or breathlessness, which can interfere with their daily... Read more... 27/08/2019 | Health Professionals Tags: Medications and pharmacy Views: 698
“Let’s talk about it”: Are patients too old... Part of holistic health care is the recognition that humans are sexual beings. Evidence tells us that the sexual needs of patients receiving... Read more... 19/08/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Person-centred care Views: 1367
Making sense of care at the end of life: The... ELDAC has developed a framework that helps aged care staff and services to consider and manage key issues in the last phase of life when a person... Read more... 12/08/2019 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: ELDAC | Accessing services and support Views: 1193
Self-management of arthritic pain for older... Technological advances are enabling the integration of mobile healthcare Apps into the self-management plans for people living with various... Read more... 30/07/2019 | Implementation and Translation Tags: Digital health Views: 584
Less can be more: Researching non-beneficial... Advances in medicine mean health care professionals can prolong life, yet some treatments have a low chance of providing tangible benefits to some... Read more... 23/07/2019 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Research Views: 747