palliAGEDnurse app: Putting information in nurses’ hands There is no doubt that nurses are fundamental to health care. There are over 350,000 nurses currently practising in Australia. They are the largest single health profession in... Read more... 12/05/2016 | CareSearch Project Tags: palliAGED Views: 1379
Life’s Journey’s Final Steps: Dying in a Residential Aged Care Facility (RAC) We all know that the population is ageing; and the figures forecasted are significant with around 15% (3.6 million people) older than 65 years in 2016 (Australian Bureau of... Read more... 10/05/2016 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: End-of-Life Care Views: 1589
Working as a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner in RAC Nurse Practitioners (NP) work in many roles in residential aged care: general primary care, wound care, memory disorders, mental health, heart failure and palliative care. A... Read more... 3/05/2016 | Health Professionals | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Residential aged care Views: 1064
Telehealth: Reducing a Tyranny of Distance and Improving Patient Outcomes The reality for some time in respect to continuing to provide quality health care is “Work smarter not harder”. The health dollar is becoming like a Northern... Read more... 26/04/2016 | Health Professionals Tags: Digital health Views: 817