Home visits for palliative care increase by 18%
03 June, 2022The number of Medicare-subsidised palliative care services received by Australians in their own homes almost doubled between 2015–16 and 2019–20.
Support for aged care workers delivering palliative care
26 May, 2022Aged care workers and nurses, and carers in the community, will receive more critical support when delivering end-of-life palliative care services, thanks to two new Flinders University-led research projects supported by SA Government grant funding.
Pat White's new lease on life
22 April, 2022Coorparoo grandmother Pat White has a new lease on life since taking part in weekly classes that are tailored to meet the physical, psychological and wellbeing needs of people living with Parkinson's disease.
A palliative care digital dashboard for the aged-care sector
26 April, 2021 by Dr Priyanka Vandersman and Professor Jennifer TiemanTo support aged-care workers in planning and providing good-quality palliative and EOL care, the ELDAC team created an integrated palliative care web platform.
Leading the way to better end-of-life care
22 April, 2021 by Jane AllmanApril and Rebecca worked to find a way to capture the essence of a person and use that to inform health and legal decisions. This led the pair to establish ExSitu.
