Combatting staff burnout in residential aged care
Burnout among healthcare workers in Australia’s residential aged care facilities is a critical issue, impacting both the quality of care for elderly residents and the […]
Palliative Care
Digital transformations addressing critical gaps in palliative and end-of-l...
The federally funded End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) project has been reshaping palliative care in the aged care space since its launch […]
Integrating palliative care and paramedicine to keep patients out of Emerge...
In the healthcare sector, the intersection of paramedicine and palliative care is a critical yet often overlooked area. Dr Madeleine Juhrmann, a paramedic turned research […]
Putting the ‘public’ into public health approaches to palliative and en...
“Have you ever received or provided first aid for someone – if not, would you know how? What about Last Aid?” asks Associate Professor Jason […]
Identifying the emerging role of death doulas
When Deb Rawlings heard the term ‘death doulas’ mentioned during a Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course conducted by CareSearch at Flinders University during 2016, she realised […]
End-of-Life care heading in the right direction
Supporting the aged care sector to meet the needs of people at the end of their life requires cohesive effort that equips workers and services within […]
Expanding palliative care knowledge and practice through CareSearch
Death and dying affects all of us and enabling palliative care that is responsive to the community and an individual’s needs relies on broad community awareness. […]
palliAGED supports change where it’s needed
Providing evidence and information that supports all staff to develop best-practice skills in the aged care sector has emerged as a valuable component of the palliAGED […]
Teamwork brings training together on tight deadline
When South Australia’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act was formalised in August 2021, the enormous task of training medical practitioners to perform such requests required an especially […]