Aged care’s palliative care evidence and practice resource centre has developed two new resources to help aged care nurses and care workers provide quality end-of-life care to residents.
March 18, 2019
Tip sheets support care workers, nurses to deliver quality palliative care
https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/2019/03/14/tip-sheets-support-care-workers-nurses-to-deliver-quality-palliative-care/Aged care’s palliative care evidence and practice resource centre has developed two new resources to help aged care nurses and care workers provide quality end-of-life care […]
March 18, 2019
Will machines be able to tell when patients are about to die?
https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-machine-learning-medicine-predictions/The doctor-patient relationship—the heart of medicine—is broken: Doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound. In […]
March 18, 2019
A systematic review and critical appraisal of quality indicators to assess optimal palliative care for older people with dementia
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216319834227A challenge for commissioners and providers of end-of-life care in dementia is to translate recommendations for good or effective care into quality indicators that inform service […]
March 11, 2019
Government trial to help elderly navigate aged care
https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/aged-allied-health/news/govt-trial-to-help-elderly-navigate-aged-care-185000424#axzz5hmh8OoyjThe federal government has launched three new trial programs offering face-to-face assistance to senior Australians and their families in every state and territory, including selected rural and […]