Aged care nursing: the speciality of the future Over the last four decades, aged care services in Australia have changed from publicly funded nursing homes to privately run 'residential aged care facilities' that... Read more... 8/05/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses | Aged Care in home | InFocus | Supporting the Retention of Nurses Tags: Aged care Views: 2867
Palliative care for people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in... With an ageing population and high levels of migration to Australia, the Australian healthcare community must recognise individualised and cultural needs when approaching death... Read more... 4/05/2023 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: Cultural groups Views: 2114
Supporting learning about palliative care in the Torres Strait Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U) has launched an interprofessional learning case scenario. Kylie Ash and Sharon Wetzig from the Palliative Care Education... Read more... 1/05/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: Education and training | Cultural groups Views: 1939
Embedding a Palliative Care Link Nurse (PC-Link Nurse) in Residential Aged Care... More education and training for nurses and care workers in providing palliative and end-of-life care, particularly in regional areas, is needed. Palliative Care Nurse... Read more... 26/04/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | Education and training | Aged care | Rural and remote health | Nurse Views: 2285