Supporting palliative and end-of-life care in the home Supporting palliative and end-of-life care in the home With more older Australians choosing to be cared for, and die at home, if possible, Level 3 & 4 Home Care Package providers need to ensure service provision meets the end-of-life and palliative care needs of their clients. The caring@home resources can be used by providers to help deliver high-quality, person-centred, end-of-life care aligned to consumer wishes and the new Aged Care Quality Standards.
Taking the crisis out of an expected home death Taking the crisis out of an expected home death Jacqui Culver, Nurse Practitioner from Anglican Care tells us about Home Care Package providers successfully introducing and using the caring@home resources.
UPDATED - Implementation of the caring@home resources in the ACT UPDATED - Implementation of the caring@home resources in the ACT Rachel Bilton-Simek, Palliative Education Coordinator from Clare Holland House in Canberra reports on her experience in implementing the caring@home resources into practice across the ACT.
National Palliative Care Strategy and Projects: Enabling Better Care National Palliative Care Strategy and Projects: Enabling Better Care Professor Jen Tieman, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University and CareSearch Director writes about the National Palliative Care Stategy and nationally-funded palliative care projects and how these are enabling better palliative care.
The art of leadership can effect caring@home implementation The art of leadership can effect caring@home implementation Louise Goodwin, caring@home CNC, writes how leadership styles are important as we seek to initiate change in our workplaces.
Video conferencing overcoming barriers of distance for rural and remote patients and carers Video conferencing overcoming barriers of distance for rural and remote patients and carers Wheatbelt Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Manager Brett Hayes writes about the Western Australian service using video conferencing to train carers to manage breakthrough symptoms in rural areas.
Anticipation of patient needs as end of life approaches Anticipation of patient needs as end of life approaches Debbie Kirkup, Nurse Practitioner from Metro South Palliative Care Service in Brisbane, Queensland recounts a recent patient and carer journey using the caring@home resources.
A personal experience: Implementing resources to teach carers to give subcutaneous medicines A personal experience: Implementing resources to teach carers to give subcutaneous medicines Sue Healy, Nurse Manager working in Metro South Palliative Care Service writes about her experience of implementing resources to teach carers to give subcutaneous medicines for breakthrough symptoms.
Evaluation surveys - have your say. Evaluation surveys - have your say. The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are working to evaluate the effect of the online education modules and resources on nurses and carers. One way of being a part of the evaluation is to complete the short five-minute survey prior to starting the online modules, and the post-education survey upon completing the modules. The pre-education and post-education surveys help us understand how to best support you in your clinical practice; your thoughts are important to us.
caring@home joins forces with Shannon's Bridge caring@home joins forces with Shannon's Bridge Shannon's Bridge, via a grant from the Victorian Government's End-of-life Ancillary Service program, will fund the production and distribution of 3,500 caring@home carer packages for community services who care for palliative patients in Victoria. This partnership will enable more choice for terminally-ill Victorians who wish to be cared for and to die at home.
At-home palliative care for rural and remote patients - Issue 66, Partyline Magazine At-home palliative care for rural and remote patients - Issue 66, Partyline Magazine by Natalie Blauensteiner, Senior Communications Officer At-home palliative care for rural and remote patients - Issue 66, Partyline Magazine
Innovative project aims to support home-based palliative care - newsGP Innovative project aims to support home-based palliative care - newsGP A new resource-based initiative is designed to support those providing care for patients who wish to die at home. Innovative project aims to support home-based palliative care - newsGP
Carers helping to manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines for home-based palliative care patients – a randomized controlled trial. Carers helping to manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines for home-based palliative care patients – a randomized controlled trial.