Age in place and accessibility to palliative services Understanding the fit between health services and the population they serve is important if we are to ensure that older Australians receive quality palliative care. CareSearch... Read more... 19/08/2021 | CareSearch Project Tags: Accessing services and support | Primary Health Care Views: 1208
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to influence how people grieve Little is known about the effects COVID-19 pandemic has on people’s mental health or what support is needed when they know someone who has died. Professor of Palliative... Read more... 12/08/2021 | Health Professionals | COVID-19 Tags: Research | Bereavement Views: 1010
What matters most to patients with palliative care needs when receiving care within... The centrality of the role of hospitals in provision of palliative care is often not well recognised and care provision can be suboptimal. Dr Claudia Virdun, Senior Research... Read more... 6/08/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 1302
How can we better recognise dying in acute care? In her third and last blog for the series, Jeanette Lacey discusses how changing questions asked in acute care hospitals can help to recognise dying earlier. Read more... 21/07/2021 | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials | Acute care Views: 1881