palliative care
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Technology
Give aged care nurses a voice in digital transformation: Research
Researchers are calling for nurses to have more say in the digital transformation of aged and palliative care, as the…
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Industry & Reform
Offering end of life support as part of home care is important ā but may face someĀ challenges
Jennifer Tieman, Flinders University Earlier this month, the government announced major changes to aged care in Australia, including a A$4.3…
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Clinical Practice
Australia is running low on oral morphine. What does that mean for pain relief in palliativeĀ care?
Nial Wheate, Macquarie University and Tina Hinton, University of Sydney Australia currently finds itself in the unusual position of being…
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Industry & Reform
Queenslanders’ petition for compassionate assisted dying
Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all Australian states and territories with the exception of the Northern…
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Clinical Practice
End-of-life patients suffering unnecessarily due to pain med shortage
In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society…
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Clinical Practice
Collaborative palliative care pilot project empowers aged care staff
Two Victorian aged care providers are changing the way they deliver end of life care. Peninsula Home Hospice and Vasey…
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Specialty Focus
National Palliative Care Week: Volunteer support integral for quality care
Last year in February, Wally Kewley and his wife Jackie were making plans for their next adventure to Vietnam. However,…
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Specialty Focus
Plans for paramedics to do more to support palliative care patients
Paramedics could play a bigger role in helping palliative care patients die at home under a proposed national framework, which…
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Top Stories
‘Not working’: Calls to embed end-of-life care into nursing homes
The Chief of Australia's leading palliative care organisation has called to embed end-of-life services into aged-care homes after new data…
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Clinical Practice
Palliative Care Week: Let’s talk about death and dying
An aged care nurse has called for Australians to become more open in conversations about death and dying during National…
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