Personalised virtual reality in palliative care: Exploring its potential for symptom... Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising non-pharmacological therapy in palliative care, offering potential benefits for symptom management and overall well-being. In... Read more... 27/03/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: Acute care | Aged care | Palliative Care | Technology | Virtual Reality Views: 1005
Supporting patients with end-stage chronic disease in rural Australia: Unveiling gaps Challenges in accessing palliative care are most profound in rural areas due to workforce constraints, service structures, and lack of viable alternatives. A/Prof Rebecca... Read more... 19/03/2024 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-Life Care | Advance care planning | Palliative Care | rural palliative care | Advance chronic disease Views: 1240
GPs and home-based palliative care Professor Elizabeth Reymond discusses the pivotal role that general practitioners have in helping patients experience a ‘good home death’ and recommends tools to... Read more... 18/03/2024 | Blog | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: Home care | Advance care planning | Palliative Care | Community | General practitioner | GP Views: 1759
Looking back and looking forward: Using life story work to facilitate advance care... In recognition of Advance Care Planning week (18-24 March), our team asked Craig Sinclair and Rebecca Walton, researchers currently looking at the effectiveness of advance... Read more... 6/03/2024 | Blog | Older Australia | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care Tags: Advance care planning | advance care planning week Views: 1121