palliAGED updates

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

Case Conferences

• Evidence Centre: Case Conferences
• Practice Centre: Case Conferences

Spiritual care

• Evidence Centre: Spiritual Care 
• Evidence Care: Spiritual Care Synthesis
• Practice centre: Spiritual Care

One new topic has been included in the Evidence Centre and the Practice Centre:

• Evidence Centre: Models of Care
• Practice Centre: Models of Care

The provision of palliative care in the context of older age needs to consider some specific issues including cognitive decline, confusion, dementia and/or communication difficulties.  As the community ages, dementia is becoming increasingly common. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around cognitive issues.

Resilience in older adults can be defined as the ability to ‘bounce back’ and recover physical and/or psychological health in the face of adversity. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around resilience.

The palliAGED apps provide nurses and GPs with easy and convenient access to information to help them care for people approaching the end of their life. You can also view palliAGEDgp content online and palliAGEDnurse content online.

A palliative care emergency is a sudden and life-threatening change in a person’s condition. In this scenario, handovers of care are particularly important to reduce risk of receiving inappropriate treatment. Planning ahead for possible emergencies is good practice and can improve the quality and safety of care. Check out our Evidence Summary and our practice points.

You can email us at palliaged@flinders.edu.au to order our palliAGED poster, factsheet or brochure to share with colleagues.

You can view Minister Wyatt speech on our Vimeo channel.

Three new aged care blogs have been published:

• Aged care and palliative care: what’s the difference?
• Policy is ‘many headed’ and is important in aged care
• From APRAC and COMPAC to palliAGED

palliAGED was launched on 25 May 2017 by the Minister of Ageing, the Hon Ken Wyatt, AM.

The palliAGED site supports nurses and care workers in residential aged care or community care, GPs and general practice nurses, allied health professionals and support staff with evidence, tools, guidance and practice resources about palliative care for older Australians. There is also information and resources for older people and their families.