Trajectories of functional decline at the end of life. What do they tell us? It is uncertain how each of us will die and how we will experience the declining capacity to manage everyday activities as we approach death. Dr Deidre Morgan from Flinders... Read more... 16/04/2019 | Evidence | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Research Views: 1415
General practitioner clinical decision making for patients with life-limiting illness:... As the Australian population ages, general practitioners are increasingly required to manage patients burdened by multiple chronic conditions, or 'multimorbidity'.... Read more... 9/04/2019 | Health Professionals | GPs Tags: Research Views: 1113
Taking time to talk National Advance Care Planning Week is an annual initiative by Advance Care Planning Australia that encourages all Australians, regardless of their age or health status, to... Read more... 1/04/2019 | Community | Older Australia Tags: Advance care planning Views: 1037
Dancing Between Two Rooms: Social Workers Engaging with People as they Live with Dying Rapport is an essential ingredient of quality palliative care. What is important to the person as a human being, not as a “sufferer of terminal illness”, will shape... Read more... 19/03/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Social work Views: 1440