Report released on palliative care round table workshops
Recently, the NSW Government and Mr Brad Hazzard, Minister for Health, hosted a series of roundtable discussions throughout regional NSW. Begining in Orange, other roundtables were held in Lismore, Kempsey, Broken Hill, Tamworth, Griffith, Queanbeyan, [...]
Spiritual Care board helps patient communication
Using a spiritual care board could be useful in many situations where patient communication is difficult, such as palliative care. Gene LoCastro became ill with pulmonary fibrosis in 2013. Before long, he had developed blood [...]
NSW Health, Silver Chain Group bring in-home palliative care support to western Sydney
Clinicians in Western Sydney Local Health District have for years delivered high quality community palliative care to patients and families, with in-reach to local residential aged care facilities. Under a recent agreement these community services [...]
Palliative Care stories shared by Illawarra locals – Ally Barnaba, Primary Health Nurse
Journalist Desiree Savage spoke to Illawarra locals about illness, death and dying. Read the original story 'Palliative care stories shared by Illawarra locals' by Desiree Savage in the Queanbeyan Age 30 June 2017. One of the [...]
Have your say in the new Single Aged Care Quality Framework
In May, the Australian Government announced a review of the National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes after major failures of care were identified. As part of these reforms, they began work on a Single Aged [...]
Cultural Considerations are everyone’s business
Keeping cultural considerations in mind is important when providing supportive and palliative care. Health Service Providers need to create respectful and sensitive interactions between people to ensure the best end of life care. According to [...]
