Category Archives: Health Professionals
Evidence Centre for palliative care and care at the end of life
Palliative care is focused on quality of life when death is foreseeable. Your preferences or...
Port Stephens Palliative Care Scholarship
Port Stephens Palliative Care Outreach Fundraising Committee is pleased to announce a donation that will...
Homelessness and Palliative Care within Regional, Rural and Remote NSW
Call for Participants Palliative Care NSW is currently conducting a second study on homelessness and...
Fantastic resource for Nurses providing palliative care
CareSearch is an online palliative care knowledge portal for health professionals, people needing palliative care...
ELDAC Primary Care Toolkit: steps to provide Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning
ELDAC has released the ELDAC Primary Care Toolkit which provides an evidence‐based resource for people...
Let’s engage through Palliative Caring NSW
Let’s engage through our Facebook group: Palliative Caring NSW. This group is exclusive for palliative care...
Palliative Care Australia (PCA) has made a submission to include funding for aged care nurses to be trained in palliative care.
Palliative Care Australia (PCA) has made a submission to the upcoming October Budget, asking the...
Changes to the PBS listing of hydromorphone oral solution (opioid analgesic).
On the 1 August 2022, the Department of Health and Aged Care implemented changes to...
Healthcare professionals making a difference even during very difficult times.
Thanks to healthcare professionals who are making death peaceful even during very difficult times. “My...
Palliative Care during the peak of the Pandemic and how health practitioners are coping with the aftershock
Dr. Jennifer Reid interviews Dr. Zhang, the leader of the palliative care team at Bellevue...
The Shock of a Terminal Diagnosis and the importance of Trauma-informed orientation for professionals in the field
From the moment the patient is given a diagnosis or a prognosis shock in their...
How to choose a legal decision-maker
Who is the right person to take on this important role? In this article from...