Blog

In the eighth blog for our Oceanic Palliative Care Conference series, Juliane Samara a Nurse Practitioner at Calvary ACT Specialist Palliative Aged Care discusses a new intervention called Palliative Care Needs Rounds (PCNR) and how it can be used to improve palliative and end-of-life care coordination in residential aged care facilities (care homes).

Gabrielle Prest from Opal Health Care provides insight into how the aged care provider is optimising palliative care and end-of-life care for their residents and how the palliAGED Introduction modules for aged care nurses is assisting in this transformation. 

Understanding the fit between health services and the population they serve is important if we are to ensure that older Australians receive quality palliative care. CareSearch Research Associate Dr Deborah van Gaans discusses the need for evidence-based information and the new CareSearch portal that will be launched in September 2021.

The ability to remain positive when dealing with many of the issues that come with ageing can be difficult. CareSearch Research Associate and Registered Nurse Kristina Walsh discusses how technology has the potential to make ageing more positive. 

Medicines play a central role in keeping people in the terminal phase at home. Pharmacist and PhD candidate Paul Tait discusses the PBS prescriber bag and how it could be used by prescribers who conduct home visits for people with palliative care needs.