Preparing for the future by learning from the present In my role managing two aged care homes in Melbourne, I have come across a number of challenges which needed to be overcome. I took over one home four and a half years ago and... Read more... 24/05/2017 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Education and training Views: 957
Aged care and palliative care: what’s the difference? For this discussion, aged care refers to the additional care required for an older person needing regular health professional input either in the community or in an aged care... Read more... 17/05/2017 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 1553
Policy is ‘many headed’ and is important in aged care Many people spend the last stages of their lives in aged care, and for that reason Palliative Care Australia believes that end-of-life care should be recognised as core... Read more... 11/05/2017 | Implementation and Translation Tags: Strategy and policy Views: 1340
From APRAC and COMPAC to palliAGED One of the statements we commonly see in research reports and in policy and service documents is a comment about an ageing population. The reality of a demographic change where... Read more... 5/05/2017 | CareSearch Project Tags: palliAGED Views: 947