Learn more on end-of-life care – free and peer reviewed Let’s be frank, end-of-life care can be tricky. Yes, dying is normal, but it hasn’t been a major focus in the acute hospital systems. Health care... Read more... 25/10/2016 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 360
Carers and Online Health Information National Carers Week provides us all with an opportunity to stop and think about the care that is needed by palliative care patients and that is given by carers to someone with... Read more... 21/10/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers Tags: Accessing services and support Views: 367
Caring doesn’t stop just because a person enters residential aged care I often hear people say that once a person enters a residential aged care facility that the caring role provided by the person’s family and friends is no longer required,... Read more... 20/10/2016 | Community | Older Australia Tags: Carers Week Views: 892
Insight into being a carer In May 2011, my widowed mother, Donne, was unexpectedly diagnosed with late stage oesophageal cancer. Mum was the epicentre of my family’s world and my best friend. She... Read more... 17/10/2016 | Community | Patients and Carers | InFocus | Supporting Carers Tags: Home care Views: 468