Grief in aged care: guidance needed to assist families
There is an urgent need for government, researchers and aged care staff to come together to establish a formal approach to the grief and loss experienced […]
Caring for the home carers
Most people living with a terminal illness and approaching death need the assistance of a non-professional carer such as a family member, friend, or neighbour to […]
$34m centre to transform age care nationally
Flinders University will lead a once-in-a-generation aged care initiative bringing together the aged care industry, older people themselves and the nation’s best and brightest experts to […]
New guide for families using aged care
When someone dies in residential aged care, families and friends experience grief and loss – and some of this grief may have started earlier when the […]
How to talk about death and dying
Our reluctance to think, talk or communicate about death is even more pronounced when we deal with others’ loss compared to our own, new research finds, […]
End-of-life experts ramp up response
As part of Australia’s national response to the pandemic, experts in palliative care are combining forces to provide the best possible end-of-life care to the community. […]
Bringing death, dying to the table
With Australia’s death rate set to double in the next 25 years, more than 50% of us die in acute-care settings, often alone and hidden from […]
Experts launch palliative care website
An online resource has been launched to support palliative care and advance care planning for older Australians. End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) is […]
MOOC tackles tricky topics
Dying2Learn is proving a popular new resource to help lift the shroud of concern and social stigma about the inevitable subject of death and dying. Developed […]