palliAGED updates

Complementary medicine refers to medicines and therapies that are used alongside conventional medicine. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Complementary medicine.

A section Care Leavers has been added to Specific Needs in the Australian Context section.

The Symptoms and Medicines section of the website has recently been updated. The symptoms and medicines section provides a single gateway to high quality information to support fast and reliable access to evidence to inform clinical practice.

Needs assessments can help to identify what patients and their families consider important and where they need help and support. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Needs Assessment.

The palliAGED apps have been updated in the Google Play store to fix an issue that could cause the content to be blank on some Android devices.

A crisis or an emergency in palliative care is a sudden deterioration in a person’s condition which requires an urgent response. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Managing Crises.

The following pages have been updated to include new and recently published evidence:

• Evidence Summary: Dignity and Quality of Life
• Evidence Synthesis: Dignity and Quality of Life
• Evidence Synthesis: Elder Abuse
• Evidence Synthesis: Goals of Care

Syringe drivers are small portable (usually battery-operated) devices used to administer medication in palliative care. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Syringe Drivers.

A new section in the Evidence Centre is a gateway to fast and reliable access to evidence to inform your clinical practice. It provides an overview of common symptoms and how to manage medications. There are links to other useful Australian resources.

Two new topics have been included in the Evidence Centre and the Practice Centre:

Advance Care Planning (ACP)

• Evidence Centre: Advance Care Planning
• Practice Centre: Advance Care Planning

Respite care

• Evidence Centre: Respite Care
• Practice centre: Respite Care